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Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Fourth Straight Record High Temperature is the Warmest of the Year at Bridgeport Climate Station

Today's high temperature of 97° F (2:59 p.m. EDT) at the Bridgeport climate station is the warmest temperature of the year and broke the previous record high of 94° for this date, which was set in 1952. Records for the Bridgeport climate station date back to 1948.

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— Paul Piorek WICC (@paulpiorekwicc.bsky.social) June 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM

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Heat Advisory in Effect for Today Across Southwestern Connecticut

A Heat Advisory will be in effect for Fairfield and New Haven counties from Tuesday at 8 p.m. until Wednesday at 7 p.m. EDT: forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.ph...

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— Paul Piorek WICC (@paulpiorekwicc.bsky.social) June 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM

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