Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Record high °F (°C) | 70 (21) |
72 (22) |
90 (32) |
98 (37) |
96 (36) |
98 (37) |
102 (39) |
104 (40) |
100 (38) |
88 (31) |
81 (27) |
77 (25) |
104 (40) |
Mean maximum °F (°C) | 58.7 (14.8) |
57.9 (14.4) |
67.1 (19.5) |
79.3 (26.3) |
87.2 (30.7) |
91.5 (33.1) |
94.8 (34.9) |
92.7 (33.7) |
87.6 (30.9) |
78.9 (26.1) |
70.1 (21.2) |
61.5 (16.4) |
96.6 (35.9) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 38.3 (3.5) |
40.5 (4.7) |
47.7 (8.7) |
58.9 (14.9) |
68.9 (20.5) |
77.7 (25.4) |
83.6 (28.7) |
82.2 (27.9) |
74.8 (23.8) |
63.8 (17.7) |
53.2 (11.8) |
43.4 (6.3) |
61.1 (16.2) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 30.2 (−1.0) |
32.0 (0.0) |
38.9 (3.8) |
49.3 (9.6) |
59.1 (15.1) |
68.2 (20.1) |
74.4 (23.6) |
73.0 (22.8) |
65.6 (18.7) |
54.4 (12.4) |
44.5 (6.9) |
35.5 (1.9) |
52.1 (11.2) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 22.1 (−5.5) |
23.5 (−4.7) |
30.2 (−1.0) |
39.6 (4.2) |
49.2 (9.6) |
58.8 (14.9) |
65.2 (18.4) |
63.9 (17.7) |
56.5 (13.6) |
45.1 (7.3) |
35.8 (2.1) |
27.6 (−2.4) |
43.1 (6.2) |
Mean minimum °F (°C) | 4.1 (−15.5) |
7.4 (−13.7) |
15.1 (−9.4) |
28.5 (−1.9) |
38.1 (3.4) |
47.2 (8.4) |
56.2 (13.4) |
54.3 (12.4) |
43.1 (6.2) |
31.7 (−0.2) |
21.8 (−5.7) |
12.3 (−10.9) |
2.0 (−16.7) |
Record low °F (°C) | −13 (−25) |
−17 (−27) |
1 (−17) |
11 (−12) |
29 (−2) |
39 (4) |
48 (9) |
40 (4) |
32 (0) |
20 (−7) |
6 (−14) |
−12 (−24) |
−17 (−27) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 3.96 (101) |
3.44 (87) |
4.90 (124) |
4.29 (109) |
3.37 (86) |
3.81 (97) |
2.91 (74) |
3.59 (91) |
4.17 (106) |
4.18 (106) |
4.27 (108) |
4.65 (118) |
47.54 (1,208) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 10.3 (26) |
10.5 (27) |
6.4 (16) |
0.6 (1.5) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.2 (0.51) |
1.0 (2.5) |
7.6 (19) |
36.6 (93) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 11.2 | 10.3 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 10.2 | 9.6 | 11.9 | 127.0 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 5.7 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 19.3 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 63.9 | 63.0 | 62.9 | 61.4 | 66.6 | 70.1 | 71.0 | 72.5 | 73.0 | 70.2 | 68.9 | 67.0 | 67.5 |
Average dew point °F (°C) | 16.3 (−8.7) |
17.4 (−8.1) |
25.0 (−3.9) |
33.1 (0.6) |
45.0 (7.2) |
55.6 (13.1) |
61.5 (16.4) |
61.0 (16.1) |
53.8 (12.1) |
42.6 (5.9) |
33.3 (0.7) |
22.1 (−5.5) |
38.9 (3.8) |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 171.7 | 172.6 | 215.6 | 225.1 | 254.9 | 274.1 | 290.6 | 262.8 | 233.0 | 208.7 | 148.0 | 148.6 | 2,605.7 |
Percent possible sunshine | 58 | 58 | 58 | 56 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 61 | 62 | 61 | 50 | 52 | 58 |
Average ultraviolet index | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Source 1: NOAA (relative humidity, dew point, and sun 1961–1990) [2] [3] [4] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Weather Atlas [5] |
Climate data for Providence | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average sea temperature °F (°C) | 41.4 (5.2) |
38.1 (3.4) |
38.7 (3.8) |
44.1 (6.7) |
50.9 (10.5) |
59.6 (15.3) |
67.0 (19.4) |
69.3 (20.7) |
66.7 (19.3) |
61.6 (16.4) |
54.2 (12.3) |
47.7 (8.8) |
53.3 (11.8) |
Source: Weather Atlas [5] |