Providence, RI: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 74.1°F in Providence, RI, the warmest August since 2022, 19th warmest of 122.

August 2026

Mean temperature: 74.1°F; Warmest since 2022; 19th warmest of 122
Precipitation: 4.55 in; Wettest since 2024; 34th wettest of 122

A normal August in Providence, RI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 73.3°F, between 70.2°F and 75.6°F in eight years of ten and 2.79 in of precipitation, between 1.69 in and 6.32 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Providence, RI since 1905: 74.1°F in 2026; the highest is 77°F, in 2022 and 2018.

Normal range, 70.2 to 75.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Providence, RI from 1905 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank
2026	74.1	19	82.6	26	65.6	15	4.55	34
2025	69.7	96	80.1	71	59.3	111	2.76	66
2024	71.1	65	80.2	68	61.9	71	4.84	30
2023	70.7	73	78.6	94	62.9	49	4.22	38
2022	77	1	86.8	1	67.2	3	1.69	106
2021	75.6	5	83.4	16	67.7	2	4.83	31
2020	75.6	5	84.9	6	66.4	9	1.71	105
2019	73.3	30	82.5	28	64	33	2.33	90
2018	77	1	85.5	4	68.4	1	5.32	22
2017	71.9	52	81.4	48	62.3	61	1.46	110
2016	76	4	85.5	4	66.5	8	2.71	68
2015	74.9	12	84.5	8	65.4	18	2.78	65
2014	70.5	81	80.4	64	60.6	92	2.70	70
2013	70.9	70	80	72	61.8	73	3.87	45
2012	73.7	23	82.7	24	64.7	23	3.97	44
2011	73.2	33	81.8	40	64.5	25	8.02	7
2010	73.4	29	82.7	24	64.1	30	2.43	82
2009	73.9	21	82	37	65.7	14	2.80	64
2008	70.2	85	78.9	90	61.5	80	1.85	103
2007	73.2	33	83.2	18	63.2	46	1.08	114
2006	72.6	41	81.5	47	63.8	36	3.74	47
2005	76.4	3	86	2	66.9	6	4.57	33
2004	71.2	62	79.3	83	63.2	46	6.39	13
2003	74.8	14	82.6	26	67.1	4	5.61	20
2002	75.3	8	84.7	7	65.8	12	1.91	99
2001	74.2	18	83	19	65.5	17	4.50	36
2000	70.2	85	78.5	97	61.8	73	2.41	83
1999	72	50	80.8	55	63.2	46	3.25	54
1998	73.3	30	82.8	23	63.8	36	2.39	85
1997	70.6	75	79.5	80	61.6	78	6.32	15
1996	71	68	79.4	82	62.6	54	2.19	92
1995	73.5	25	84.5	8	62.5	58	1.80	104
1994	69.9	93	79.2	86	60.5	97	6.34	14
1993	73.8	22	83.9	12	63.7	41	1.23	112
1992	70	90	78.9	90	61.2	83	6.06	17
1991	73.5	25	82.9	21	64.2	27	5.98	18
1990	73.5	25	82.1	34	64.8	21	3.74	47
1989	72.1	49	80.8	55	63.4	45	6.14	16
1988	75.2	9	84.2	11	66.3	10	0.94	117
1987	69.6	97	79.6	79	59.6	105	2.58	75
1986	69.2	102	77.6	108	60.9	85	3.29	53
1985	71.1	65	79.8	76	62.4	59	8.57	5
1984	73.5	25	81.7	43	65.3	19	0.71	122
1983	74.3	16	82.9	21	65.6	15	2.71	68
1982	69.2	102	77.7	105	60.7	90	3.67	49
1981	70	90	81.4	48	58.5	119	2.65	72
1980	73.3	30	82.5	28	64.2	27	1.99	98
1979	70.1	88	77.7	105	62.6	54	10.09	4
1978	71.3	58	78.7	93	63.9	34	6.46	12
1977	73	36	82.1	34	63.8	36	2.12	95
1976	70	90	79.8	76	60.2	101	7.01	9
1975	71.3	58	80.4	64	62.3	61	2.19	92
1974	72.5	42	82.3	32	62.8	50	3.10	57
1973	74.9	12	83.9	12	66	11	5.17	23
1972	70.6	75	80	72	61.1	84	2.98	61
1971	73	36	82.5	28	63.5	44	3.03	58
1970	72.3	43	82	37	62.6	54	6.59	11
1969	74.3	16	84.5	8	64.1	30	2.58	75
1968	70.6	75	80.9	53	60.3	99	1.61	107
1967	70.6	75	78.6	94	62.6	54	3.24	55
1966	70.7	73	80.5	61	60.9	85	3.37	52
1965	71.5	56	81	52	62.1	65	1.90	100
1964	66.6	121	76.5	116	56.7	122	2.38	86
1963	69.4	100	79.3	83	59.5	107	1.56	108
1962	69	105	77.3	111	60.6	92	2.73	67
1961	71	68	79.7	78	62.2	63	3.86	46
1960	70.8	72	80	72	61.5	80	1.06	115
1959	73.7	23	82.5	28	64.8	21	3.53	51
1958	70.6	75	79.2	86	62.1	65	5.15	25
1957	67.8	117	77.7	105	57.8	121	2.51	77
1956	70.5	81	80.2	68	60.8	87	0.91	118
1955	73	36	81.6	45	64.3	26	11.12	2
1954	67.8	117	77.2	112	58.4	120	8.30	6
1953	70.2	85	80	72	60.3	99	3.99	43
1952	71.1	65	80.2	68	62	70	7.45	8
1951	69.9	93	79	88	60.8	87	2.36	87
1950	69.3	101	78	103	60.6	92	3.60	50
1949	72.2	47	82.3	32	62.2	63	4.73	32
1948	72	50	81.6	45	62.4	59	2.88	63
1947	74	20	83.9	12	64.2	27	2.01	97
1946	68.6	108	77.1	113	60.1	102	12.24	1
1945	71.9	52	82.1	34	61.7	76	2.63	73
1944	75.5	7	85.8	3	65.3	19	1.34	111
1943	72.3	43	81.8	40	62.7	51	0.82	120
1942	71.5	56	80.3	67	62.7	51	4.54	35
1941	71.2	62	81.7	43	60.7	90	2.45	80
1940	69.2	102	79.3	83	59.1	114	0.99	116
1939	75	11	83	19	67	5	4.08	41
1938	74.6	15	83.4	16	65.8	12	2.21	91
1937	75.1	10	83.5	15	66.6	7	4.13	40
1936	71.6	55	81.4	48	61.9	71	3.00	59
1935	71.3	58	80.5	61	62.1	65	1.14	113
1934	68	114	76.9	115	59.2	112	2.34	89
1933	71.3	58	78.9	90	63.7	41	2.68	71
1932	72.9	39	82	37	63.7	41	4.86	28
1931	72.2	47	80.5	61	63.9	34	4.99	27
1930	70.5	81	79.5	80	61.6	78	2.14	94
1929	69	105	78.4	99	59.6	105	2.44	81
1928	73.2	33	81.8	40	64.7	23	4.03	42
1927	66.6	121	74.5	122	58.8	116	10.88	3
1926	70.3	84	78.6	94	62.1	65	4.20	39
1925	70.6	75	80.6	59	60.6	92	1.88	101
1924	71.2	62	80.6	59	61.8	73	5.39	21
1923	68.1	113	77.6	108	58.7	117	1.48	109
1922	69.6	97	77.5	110	61.7	76	6.96	10
1921	68.6	108	77.8	104	59.5	107	1.88	101
1920	72.3	43	80.8	55	63.8	36	3.17	56
1919	67.9	116	76.1	120	59.7	103	5.14	26
1918	71.8	54	80.9	53	62.7	51	2.41	83
1917	72.7	40	81.4	48	64.1	30	5.90	19
1916	70.9	70	80.4	64	61.3	82	0.78	121
1915	68.6	108	76.4	119	60.8	87	4.48	37
1914	70.1	88	78.2	101	62.1	65	2.02	96
1913	69.8	95	79	88	60.5	97	2.36	87
1912	67.7	120	76	121	59.5	107	2.90	62
1911	69.5	99	78.3	100	60.6	92	4.86	28
1910	67.8	117	76.5	116	59.2	112	2.62	74
1909	68.7	107	78.5	97	58.9	115	2.50	79
1908	68.4	112	77.1	113	59.7	103	5.16	24
1907	68.5	111	78.2	101	58.7	117	0.88	119
1906	72.3	43	80.7	58	63.8	36	2.51	77
1905	68	114	76.5	116	59.5	107	3.00	59

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2022	77
2018	77
2005	76.4
2016	76
2021	75.6
2020	75.6
1944	75.5
2002	75.3
1988	75.2
1937	75.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1964	66.6
1927	66.6
1912	67.7
1957	67.8
1954	67.8
1910	67.8
1919	67.9
1934	68
1905	68
1923	68.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1946	12.24
1955	11.12
1927	10.88
1979	10.09
1985	8.57
1954	8.30
2011	8.02
1952	7.45
1976	7.01
1922	6.96

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1984	0.71
1916	0.78
1943	0.82
1907	0.88
1956	0.91
1988	0.94
1940	0.99
1960	1.06
2007	1.08
1935	1.14

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 93°F; 7 August 2026
Coldest night: 59°F; 30 August 2026
Wettest day: 2.52 in; 3 August 2026

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Every answer in words

August 2026 brought 4.55 in of precipitation in Providence, RI, the wettest August since 2024, 34th wettest of 122.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Providence, RI: 93°F on Friday 7 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Providence, RI: a low of 59°F on Sunday 30 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Providence, RI: 2.52 in on Monday 3 August 2026.