Bristol weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Bristol, Indiana: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Goshen Municipal Airport, 21 km from Bristol; records cover 1953–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 34.6 in879 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 28
- First fall freeze
- Oct 16
- Heating degree days
- 6,178
- Cooling degree days
- 765
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −4°−20° (heating, 99%) and 93°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Bristol in January
Highs average 32°0° and lows 18°−8°, with 1.7 in44 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 64°18° (2008)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 1240
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bristol in February
Highs average 35°2° and lows 20°−6°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1999)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1040
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bristol in March
Highs average 47°8° and lows 29°−2°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2012)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 846
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Bristol in April
Highs average 60°16° and lows 38°3°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2004)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 483
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Bristol in May
Highs average 71°22° and lows 50°10°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2018)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 203
- Cooling degree days
- 55
Bristol in June
Highs average 80°27° and lows 60°15°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 103°39° (2012)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1998)
- Heating degree days
- 30
- Cooling degree days
- 176
Bristol in July
Highs average 83°28° and lows 62°17°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 104°40° (2012)
- Record low
- 39°4° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 5
- Cooling degree days
- 245
Bristol in August
Highs average 81°27° and lows 60°16°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2001)
- Record low
- 42°6° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 12
- Cooling degree days
- 191
Bristol in September
Highs average 75°24° and lows 53°12°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2013)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 108
- Cooling degree days
- 78
Bristol in OctoberThis month
Highs average 62°17° and lows 43°6°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2007)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 400
- Cooling degree days
- 12
Bristol in November
Highs average 48°9° and lows 33°0°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2003)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 735
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bristol in December
Highs average 37°3° and lows 24°−4°, with 1.9 in47 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 69°21° (2001)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 1076
- Cooling degree days
- 0