Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT Snow Load: 21 psf
What ASCE 7 says about snow load in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
That's Greater Bridgeport Planning Region's design roof snow load per ASCE 7-22, for a typical heated single-family home - the number a permit reviewer starts from.
Converted to something you can actually eyeball on a roof: about 46.2 in. of fresh powder, 16.8 in. once it settles and packs down, or just 4.2 in. if it's turned to ice. Modern-code homes carry a load like this without issue; an older addition, a carport, or any flat-roofed section is where it is worth checking first.
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region at a glance
- Design roof snow load21 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map30 psf
- National rank#398 of 2,758
- Connecticut rank#7 of 9
- Population335,666
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal33.6 in.
- FIPS09120
Where Greater Bridgeport Planning Region's figure sits nationally
Out of 2,758 rated US counties, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region sits at #398, the top 14% nationally - #7 of 9 within Connecticut. Connecticut counties average 22.6 psf; Greater Bridgeport Planning Region runs 1.6 psf lower than that.
Near 41.1846°N 73.2094°W, FIPS 09120: Greater Bridgeport Planning Region counts 335,666 residents and a 30 psf map value, which the code's own factors turn into 21 psf.
How much it actually snows in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
Most winters bring Greater Bridgeport Planning Region roughly 33.6 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at BRIDGEPORT SIKORSKY MEM AP, CT US, 4.6 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
Read this before you rely on it
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region's number above is ASCE 7-22's default case, not a custom calculation: ordinary residential occupancy, heated, sited on ground that's neither fully sheltered nor fully exposed. Any one of those changing - pitch, exposure, heating, occupancy - moves the real figure.
Nothing here substitutes for an address-level number. Get one free, in about a minute, from the ASCE 7 Hazard Tool using your own coordinates rather than Greater Bridgeport Planning Region's county-wide figure. (How this figure is calculated.)