Bristol Weather Records (USC00371175)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Bristol (USC00371175), Rhode Island, United States, with 34 years of record.

Key Facts for Bristol

Bristol (USC00371175) is a weather station in Rhode Island, United States at 41.67 latitude and -71.30 longitude, 16 m (53 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1893 to 1926, 34 years of record.
1,464 records set at Bristol still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Bristol set a daily record precipitation of 31.8 mm (1.3 in) on 16 August 1926.

About the Station

Location: Rhode Island, United States, 41.67 latitude, -71.30 longitude.
Elevation: 16 m (53 ft).
Period of record: 1893 to 1926, 34 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Bristol. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Bristol, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	15.0 C (59.0 F)	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	13.3 C (55.9 F)	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	19.4 C (66.9 F)	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	26.7 C (80.1 F)	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	n/a	n/a
May	31.1 C (88.0 F)	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.8 C (37.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	32.8 C (91.0 F)	8.3 C (46.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	32.2 C (90.0 F)	5.0 C (41.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	31.7 C (89.1 F)	1.7 C (35.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	25.6 C (78.1 F)	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	20.0 C (68.0 F)	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	16.7 C (62.1 F)	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Bristol still stand. 1896 holds the most, with 94.

Standing records at Bristol by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1894	35
1895	60
1896	94
1897	43
1898	63
1899	48
1900	71
1901	41
1902	35
1903	72
1904	42
1905	32
1906	36
1907	42
1908	44
1909	28
1910	22
1911	32
1912	46
1913	61
1914	44
1915	38
1916	18
1917	39
1918	42
1919	48
1920	56
1921	60
1922	51
1923	63
1924	56
1925	2

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Bristol between 26 August 1924 and 26 August 1924. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Aug: 137.9 mm (5.4 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Bristol. The most was 137.9 mm (5.4 in) on 26 August 1924.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Bristol
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	13 January 1915
Feb	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	22 February 1898
Mar	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	15 March 1912
Apr	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	13 April 1913
May	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	29 May 1917
Jun	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	19 June 1922
Jul	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	13 July 1898
Aug	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	26 August 1924
Sep	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	20 September 1899
Oct	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	13 October 1895
Nov	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	3 November 1897
Dec	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 December 1901

Period of Record Coverage

1894 to 1925

32 years of record at Bristol, 1894 to 1925. 8 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1894, 1895, 1908, 1909, 1915, 1916, 1923, 1925.

Days with data per year at Bristol
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1894	272	75%	No
1895	282	77%	No
1896	364	99%	Yes
1897	356	98%	Yes
1898	363	99%	Yes
1899	360	99%	Yes
1900	363	99%	Yes
1901	336	92%	Yes
1902	334	92%	Yes
1903	343	94%	Yes
1904	361	99%	Yes
1905	363	99%	Yes
1906	359	98%	Yes
1907	364	100%	Yes
1908	326	89%	No
1909	299	82%	No
1910	334	92%	Yes
1911	361	99%	Yes
1912	364	99%	Yes
1913	360	99%	Yes
1914	361	99%	Yes
1915	280	77%	No
1916	168	46%	No
1917	359	98%	Yes
1918	360	99%	Yes
1919	358	98%	Yes
1920	359	98%	Yes
1921	332	91%	Yes
1922	359	98%	Yes
1923	271	74%	No
1924	356	97%	Yes
1925	30	8%	No

Latest Records

Latest records at Bristol
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1926	Bristol, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 1926	Bristol, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1926	Bristol, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
15 June 1926	Bristol, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
16 May 1926	Bristol, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1926	Bristol, US	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	25 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1926	Bristol, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	3 years	5 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1926	Bristol, US	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	24 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
18 January 1926	Bristol, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1925	Bristol, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1925	Bristol, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1925	Bristol, US	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1925	Bristol, US	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1925	Bristol, US	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
7 July 1925	Bristol, US	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	7 years	6 of 100 (Routine)
1 June 1925	Bristol, US	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	11 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1925	Bristol, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
11 February 1925	Bristol, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1925	Bristol, US	daily low min (Tie)	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	tie	1 year	0 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1925	Bristol, US	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	18 years	13 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

20 complete years, 1896 to 1922

One stripe for each of 20 complete years at Bristol, 1896 to 1922. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 9.4 C (49.0 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1904, at 8.2 C (46.8 F), and the warmest was 1913, at 10.7 C (51.3 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.3 C (2.3 F).

Annual mean temperature at Bristol as warming stripes, 1896 to 1922
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1896	9.3 C	-0.13 C
1897	9.6 C	+0.15 C
1898	10.1 C	+0.65 C
1899	10.0 C	+0.52 C
1900	10.4 C	+0.96 C
1903	9.7 C	+0.24 C
1904	8.2 C	-1.24 C
1905	9.1 C	-0.37 C
1906	9.8 C	+0.32 C
1907	8.8 C	-0.68 C
1910	9.7 C	+0.22 C
1911	9.9 C	+0.42 C
1912	9.5 C	+0.04 C
1913	10.7 C	+1.27 C
1914	9.1 C	-0.35 C
1917	8.2 C	-1.22 C
1918	9.1 C	-0.34 C
1919	9.9 C	+0.48 C
1920	9.2 C	-0.24 C
1922	8.7 C	-0.74 C

This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.

A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.

Extremes by Year

1893 to 1926

Yearly extremes at Bristol: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1921	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32
Coldest night (TNn)	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	1917	-18.0 C (-0.5 F)	32
Wettest day (Rx1day)	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	1924	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	34
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	181.3 mm (7.1 in)	1922	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	34
Longest dry spell (CDD)	46 days	1924	18 days	34

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Bristol, 1893 to 1926. The record is 32.8 C (91.0 F) in 1921, marked on the chart; the median year is 30.6 C (87.1 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Bristol by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1893	n/a
1894	26.1 C (79.0 F)
1895	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1896	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1897	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1898	31.7 C (89.1 F)
1899	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1900	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1901	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1902	26.1 C (79.0 F)
1903	30.6 C (87.1 F)
1904	29.4 C (84.9 F)
1905	30.6 C (87.1 F)
1906	28.3 C (82.9 F)
1907	28.3 C (82.9 F)
1908	30.6 C (87.1 F)
1909	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1910	30.6 C (87.1 F)
1911	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1912	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1913	30.6 C (87.1 F)
1914	29.4 C (84.9 F)
1915	30.6 C (87.1 F)
1916	26.7 C (80.1 F)
1917	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1918	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1919	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1920	30.0 C (86.0 F)
1921	32.8 C (91.0 F)
1922	28.9 C (84.0 F)
1923	32.8 C (91.0 F)
1924	31.7 C (89.1 F)
1925	7.2 C (45.0 F)
1926	n/a

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Bristol, 1893 to 1926. The record is -24.4 C (-11.9 F) in 1917, marked on the chart; the median year is -18.0 C (-0.5 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Bristol by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1893	n/a
1894	-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1895	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1896	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1897	-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1898	-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1899	-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1900	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1901	-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1902	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1903	-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1904	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1905	-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1906	-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1907	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1908	-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1909	-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1910	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1911	-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1912	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1913	-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1914	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1915	-12.8 C (9.0 F)
1916	-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1917	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1918	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1919	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1920	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1921	-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1922	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1923	-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1924	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1925	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1926	n/a

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Bristol, 1893 to 1926. The record is 137.9 mm (5.4 in) in 1924, marked on the chart; the median year is 72.2 mm (2.8 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Bristol by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1893	61.2 mm (2.4 in)
1894	69.1 mm (2.7 in)
1895	84.3 mm (3.3 in)
1896	80.8 mm (3.2 in)
1897	100.6 mm (4.0 in)
1898	126.7 mm (5.0 in)
1899	103.1 mm (4.1 in)
1900	65.8 mm (2.6 in)
1901	69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1902	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1903	77.5 mm (3.1 in)
1904	102.9 mm (4.1 in)
1905	91.7 mm (3.6 in)
1906	67.6 mm (2.7 in)
1907	57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1908	53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1909	60.2 mm (2.4 in)
1910	64.0 mm (2.5 in)
1911	72.9 mm (2.9 in)
1912	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1913	104.9 mm (4.1 in)
1914	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1915	95.3 mm (3.8 in)
1916	88.6 mm (3.5 in)
1917	71.4 mm (2.8 in)
1918	71.4 mm (2.8 in)
1919	79.2 mm (3.1 in)
1920	85.3 mm (3.4 in)
1921	51.1 mm (2.0 in)
1922	108.7 mm (4.3 in)
1923	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1924	137.9 mm (5.4 in)
1925	63.8 mm (2.5 in)
1926	49.8 mm (2.0 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Bristol, 1893 to 1926. The record is 181.3 mm (7.1 in) in 1922, marked on the chart; the median year is 87.1 mm (3.4 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Bristol by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1893	76.5 mm (3.0 in)
1894	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1895	86.9 mm (3.4 in)
1896	87.7 mm (3.5 in)
1897	100.6 mm (4.0 in)
1898	129.0 mm (5.1 in)
1899	106.1 mm (4.2 in)
1900	81.8 mm (3.2 in)
1901	95.0 mm (3.7 in)
1902	73.7 mm (2.9 in)
1903	97.2 mm (3.8 in)
1904	104.4 mm (4.1 in)
1905	100.3 mm (3.9 in)
1906	67.6 mm (2.7 in)
1907	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1908	78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1909	52.8 mm (2.1 in)
1910	61.7 mm (2.4 in)
1911	103.9 mm (4.1 in)
1912	110.5 mm (4.4 in)
1913	148.8 mm (5.9 in)
1914	70.6 mm (2.8 in)
1915	95.3 mm (3.8 in)
1916	88.6 mm (3.5 in)
1917	80.5 mm (3.2 in)
1918	79.5 mm (3.1 in)
1919	84.9 mm (3.3 in)
1920	110.7 mm (4.4 in)
1921	85.2 mm (3.4 in)
1922	181.3 mm (7.1 in)
1923	71.1 mm (2.8 in)
1924	137.9 mm (5.4 in)
1925	87.2 mm (3.4 in)
1926	62.7 mm (2.5 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Bristol, 1893 to 1926. The record is 46 days in 1924, marked on the chart; the median year is 18 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Bristol by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1893	12 days
1894	19 days
1895	17 days
1896	12 days
1897	13 days
1898	14 days
1899	29 days
1900	20 days
1901	27 days
1902	16 days
1903	18 days
1904	20 days
1905	16 days
1906	12 days
1907	20 days
1908	22 days
1909	11 days
1910	17 days
1911	19 days
1912	15 days
1913	19 days
1914	25 days
1915	37 days
1916	10 days
1917	23 days
1918	16 days
1919	14 days
1920	15 days
1921	18 days
1922	25 days
1923	18 days
1924	46 days
1925	17 days
1926	18 days

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Frost Dates and Growing Season

20 years with a frost

Across 20 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Bristol falls on 13 April and the median first autumn frost on 30 October, which leaves a median of 193 days between them.

Frost dates and growing season at Bristol
Measure	Median, all years	Earliest period	Recent period (1896 to 1922)	Recent against earliest	Fitted trend
Last spring frost	13 April	n/a	13 April	n/a	n/a
First autumn frost	30 October	n/a	30 October	n/a	n/a
Growing days	193 days	n/a	193 days	n/a	n/a

A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.

Download the Data

Data for Bristol standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Bristol threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).