Providence, RI: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 30.9°F in Providence, RI, the coldest December since 2000, tied 31st coldest of 122 (with 1921).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 30.9°F; Coldest since 2000; 31st coldest of 122
Precipitation: 2.37 in; Driest since 2021; 23rd driest of 122

A normal December in Providence, RI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 35.1°F, between 31.1°F and 39.1°F in eight years of ten and 4.70 in of precipitation, between 2.45 in and 6.87 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Providence, RI since 1904: 30.9°F in 2025; the lowest is 21.8°F, in 1989.

Normal range, 31.1 to 39.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Providence, RI from 1904 to 2025, 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
2025	30.9	91	38.7	84	23	95	2.37	99
2024	34.5	50	42.2	54	26.8	48	7.58	10
2023	40	3	47.6	5	32.3	4	7.25	13
2022	35.6	33	43.7	34	27.5	37	6.00	22
2021	39.9	4	47.2	8	32.5	2	1.72	111
2020	35.9	30	44.1	30	27.7	33	8.08	5
2019	34.7	47	42.4	51	27	45	8.11	3
2018	35.8	31	43.7	34	27.8	31	4.77	42
2017	31.1	88	38.4	87	23.8	86	2.57	93
2016	34.9	45	43.2	40	26.5	56	3.14	74
2015	46	1	54.1	1	37.9	1	4.80	41
2014	37.9	17	44.8	22	31	9	6.25	20
2013	33.3	66	41	67	25.6	70	4.82	40
2012	38.4	12	45.7	16	31	9	5.55	28
2011	39.1	7	48.7	3	29.6	20	3.95	54
2010	31.1	88	38.2	90	24	84	4.04	53
2009	32.9	70	40.3	73	25.6	70	6.15	21
2008	35.3	40	43.9	32	26.7	51	7.26	12
2007	32.7	72	40	76	25.5	73	4.63	44
2006	40.6	2	49	2	32.3	4	2.40	97
2005	32.4	77	39.7	77	25	79	4.34	48
2004	34.4	53	43	41	25.7	68	4.90	39
2003	36	29	44.4	26	27.7	33	6.43	17
2002	33	69	40.3	73	25.7	68	4.94	38
2001	39.3	6	46.9	12	31.6	6	2.46	95
2000	28.9	103	36.5	103	21.3	105	4.26	50
1999	36.8	26	44.7	23	28.9	24	2.39	98
1998	38.5	10	47.2	8	29.7	18	1.27	118
1997	34.2	57	42.4	51	25.9	63	2.84	86
1996	38.5	10	45.7	16	31.4	7	6.59	16
1995	29.8	99	36.9	100	22.7	97	2.90	84
1994	38.4	12	47.1	10	29.7	18	4.58	45
1993	33.6	64	41.4	60	25.9	63	5.76	25
1992	34.2	57	41.8	58	26.5	56	6.83	14
1991	36.2	27	45.1	20	27.4	40	3.17	71
1990	39.5	5	48.5	4	30.5	12	5.48	29
1989	21.8	122	30.3	122	13.3	122	1.66	112
1988	32.4	77	41.3	61	23.5	89	1.03	121
1987	35.1	41	43	41	27.1	44	2.29	102
1986	35.4	36	43	41	27.8	31	8.09	4
1985	30.4	95	38.9	82	21.9	103	1.42	116
1984	37.8	18	47	11	28.6	25	3.16	72
1983	32.5	75	41.1	64	23.9	85	7.71	7
1982	38.6	9	46	15	31.2	8	1.81	109
1981	31.1	88	36.6	102	25.6	70	6.36	19
1980	28.5	107	39.5	79	17.5	116	1.57	114
1979	37.3	21	46.4	13	28.2	27	1.81	109
1978	33.4	65	42	56	24.8	80	5.19	33
1977	31.6	84	39	81	24.2	83	5.85	24
1976	25.4	117	35.5	113	15.3	121	3.47	62
1975	32.1	79	40.6	71	23.5	89	5.11	36
1974	35.7	32	43	41	28.4	26	4.54	46
1973	38.3	15	47.3	7	29.3	21	7.63	9
1972	34.3	56	41.6	59	27	45	7.70	8
1971	35	42	43.5	37	26.5	56	2.37	99
1970	28.5	107	35.8	107	21.2	106	4.54	46
1969	30.5	93	37.3	98	23.6	87	10.75	1
1968	30.2	97	38.1	93	22.2	100	6.70	15
1967	34.5	50	42.3	53	26.7	51	7.36	11
1966	32.7	72	41.1	64	24.4	82	3.04	79
1965	35.4	36	43.5	37	27.3	41	1.42	116
1964	33.1	68	40.4	72	25.9	63	5.46	30
1963	24.7	120	31.6	120	17.7	115	2.15	103
1962	28.5	107	37.5	96	19.6	112	2.63	91
1961	32	80	38.6	85	25.5	73	3.16	72
1960	27.4	114	36.5	103	18.3	114	4.30	49
1959	34.4	53	42.2	54	26.7	51	4.17	52
1958	25.3	118	33.6	118	16.9	118	1.49	115
1957	38.4	12	46.1	14	30.6	11	5.86	23
1956	36.2	27	44.3	28	28	30	5.27	32
1955	25.5	116	33.7	115	17.2	117	0.58	122
1954	33.3	66	41.2	62	25.5	73	5.73	26
1953	38.3	15	47.6	5	29	23	5.42	31
1952	34.8	46	41.9	57	27.7	33	3.42	64
1951	34.5	50	42.9	46	26.1	62	5.17	34
1950	33.8	63	41.2	62	26.3	61	4.22	51
1949	35	42	43.6	36	26.4	60	2.02	107
1948	34.7	47	42.6	48	26.7	51	2.34	101
1947	31.4	85	39.3	80	23.6	87	3.73	61
1946	35.6	33	44.4	26	26.9	47	3.84	57
1945	28.9	103	35.5	113	22.2	100	7.82	6
1944	31.2	87	38.9	82	23.5	89	3.42	64
1943	30.4	95	39.6	78	21.1	107	1.15	119
1942	28.7	106	35.7	109	21.7	104	6.39	18
1941	34.4	53	43	41	25.9	63	3.37	66
1940	35.4	36	43.4	39	27.5	37	2.15	103
1939	33.9	62	41.1	64	26.8	48	3.12	76
1938	34.2	57	40.7	68	27.7	33	3.31	67
1937	31.9	82	38.2	90	25.5	73	3.22	69
1936	35.6	33	43.8	33	27.5	37	9.44	2
1935	27.9	111	33.7	115	22	102	1.05	120
1934	29.8	99	36.8	101	22.8	96	3.10	78
1933	28.1	110	35.7	109	20.5	109	2.96	82
1932	37.1	25	44.3	28	29.8	17	1.66	112
1931	37.2	22	45.1	20	29.2	22	3.20	70
1930	32.7	72	38.6	85	26.8	48	2.67	90
1929	32	80	38.1	93	25.8	67	3.84	57
1928	37.2	22	44	31	30.4	13	2.87	85
1927	35	42	42.8	47	27.3	41	4.69	43
1926	27.7	113	35.7	109	19.7	111	2.75	88
1925	32.5	75	38.4	87	26.5	56	3.28	68
1924	30.5	93	37.8	95	23.2	94	1.96	108
1923	38.9	8	45.4	18	32.5	2	5.13	35
1922	29.9	98	36.5	103	23.4	93	2.58	92
1921	30.9	91	38.3	89	23.5	89	2.43	96
1920	34.1	60	40.1	75	28.1	29	3.91	56
1919	27.9	111	35.6	112	20.2	110	2.11	105
1918	34	61	40.7	68	27.3	41	3.14	74
1917	23.3	121	30.9	121	15.6	120	2.10	106
1916	31.3	86	37.4	97	25.3	77	3.03	80
1915	31.7	83	38.2	90	25.2	78	3.80	60
1914	29.2	102	35.8	107	22.6	99	2.93	83
1913	37.2	22	44.5	24	30	16	3.46	63
1912	37.4	20	44.5	24	30.4	13	5.61	27
1911	37.8	18	45.3	19	30.2	15	3.01	81
1910	26.1	115	33.7	115	18.4	113	2.53	94
1909	29.5	101	36.2	106	22.7	97	2.70	89
1908	32.8	71	40.7	68	24.8	80	3.12	76
1907	35.4	36	42.5	50	28.2	27	4.96	37
1906	28.9	103	37.1	99	20.7	108	3.81	59
1905	34.6	49	42.6	48	26.7	51	3.92	55
1904	24.8	119	32.7	119	16.9	118	2.78	87

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	46
2006	40.6
2023	40
2021	39.9
1990	39.5
2001	39.3
2011	39.1
1923	38.9
1982	38.6
1998	38.5
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1989	21.8
1917	23.3
1963	24.7
1904	24.8
1958	25.3
1976	25.4
1955	25.5
1910	26.1
1960	27.4
1926	27.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1969	10.75
1936	9.44
2019	8.11
1986	8.09
2020	8.08
1945	7.82
1983	7.71
1972	7.70
1973	7.63
2024	7.58

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1955	0.58
1988	1.03
1935	1.05
1943	1.15
1998	1.27
1985	1.42
1965	1.42
1958	1.49
1980	1.57
1989	1.66
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 59°F; 19 December 2025
Coldest night: 12°F; 28 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.68 in; 2 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 2.37 in of precipitation in Providence, RI, the driest December since 2021, tied 23rd driest of 122 (with 1971).
The hottest day of December 2025 in Providence, RI: 59°F on Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Providence, RI: a low of 12°F on Sunday 28 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Providence, RI: 0.68 in on Tuesday 2 December 2025.