Rhode Island Weather

Right now in Rhode Island
57°F
Overcast

Observed at Providence (the largest city by population in Rhode Island, used as a state-wide proxy). For per-city forecasts, see the city grid below.

Climate at a glance

Rhode Island is largely one climate zone across 31 cities and towns. Predominantly warm-summer humid continental.

The state spans roughly 0.7° of latitude (41.3° N to 42.0° N), from Watch Hill in the south to Woonsocket in the north. Providence is the largest city by population.

Microseason · September 21–25 · Northeast Continental

Apples hang heavy on the branch

Microseason content for Rhode Island is drawn from the Northeast Continental corpus (100% of the state's cities sit in this region).

Live wind & temperature across Rhode Island

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Cities in Rhode Island

1 city with a weather forecast page, largest first

CityJuly normalPopulation
Providence74°F1,292,041

Our dataset lists 31 places in Rhode Island; the 1 above has a page. For a smaller town, the nearest city above is the closest match.

The July figure is that city’s 1991–2020 normal mean temperature, rounded to the nearest degree — NOAA NCEI station normals from the nearest station where one covers the city, otherwise modelled normals (EC_Earth3P_HR via Open-Meteo); each city page names which. Populations come from SimpleMaps US Cities (CC BY 4.0). See methodology for data sources and editorial rules. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.