Average Weather in Rhode Island

Annual average temperatures, precipitation, snowfall, humidity and sunshine at cities and towns throughout Rhode Island are listed below.

Rhode Island Temperatures

This table gives the averages in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius for maximum and minimum yearly temperatures. These normal temperatures are based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Place name links take you to more detailed weather information for that location.

Average annual temperatures

High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
62	41	Kingston	17	5
59	45	Newport	15	7
58	40	North Foster	15	4
61	43	Providence	16	6
62	44	Tiverton	17	7
61	45	Westerly	16	7
61	41	Woonsocket	16	5

Rhode Island Precipitation

Here are the yearly averages for rainfall plus snowfall in Rhode Island. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets in a year and for the normal amount of precipitation, based on the weather during 1991 to 2020. The calculation of days only includes those when precipitation totalled 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

Average total precipitation for a year

Days	Place	Inches	Milli­metres
128	Kingston	53.1	1350
126	Newport	47.5	1205
139	North Foster	53.8	1366
127	Providence	47.5	1208
136	Tiverton	49.4	1255
123	Westerly	42.8	1087
133	Woonsocket	51.9	1319

Annual Snowfall in Rhode Island

Listed here are the totals for amount of snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) in Delaware. The numbers are annual averages of snowfall measurements made during 1991 to 2020.

Average total snowfall

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
14.7	Kingston	34.5	87.6
10.4	Newport	26.0	66.0
27.4	North Foster	62.0	157.5
19.3	Providence	36.6	93.0
17.9	Tiverton	38.1	96.8
16.1	Woonsocket	41.5	105.4

Annual Sunshine in Rhode Island

In the table below, the average number of Sunny Days in Rhode Island is the total days in a year when the sky is mostly clear. This includes the days when cloud covers up to 30% of the sky during daylight hours.

Partly Sunny Days have cloud covering from 40% to 70% of the sky during the daytime. The rest of the days are mainly overcast, with at least 80% cloud cover. Total Days With Sun is a sum of the Sunny plus Partly Sunny days. These numbers are averages of most the years that the weather stations have operated.

Days of sunshine

City	Sunny	Partly Sunny	Total Days With Sun
Block Island	98	113	211
Providence	98	103	201

Humidity in Rhode Island

In the table below, the Daily number is the average of relative humidity readings taken every three hours throughout the day. Morning percentages are for 7 am and Afternoon levels are for 4 pm local standard time. All the humidity numbers are averages for the years 1961 to 1990.

Average annual relative humidity (%)

Daily	City	Morning	Afternoon
68	Providence	75	57