Providence, RI: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 26.8°F in Providence, RI, the coldest February since 2015, tied 28th coldest of 122 (with 1980).

February 2026

Mean temperature: 26.8°F; Coldest since 2015; 28th coldest of 122
Precipitation: 2.84 in; Driest since 2024; 47th driest of 122

A normal February in Providence, RI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 32.9°F, between 26.3°F and 36.3°F in eight years of ten and 2.95 in of precipitation, between 1.96 in and 5.40 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Providence, RI since 1905: 26.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 17.4°F, in 1934.

Normal range, 26.3 to 36.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February 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	26.8	94	34.9	97	18.8	94	2.84	76
2025	30.8	59	38.5	62	23.2	57	3.29	52
2024	34.4	18	42.7	21	26.1	16	2.47	88
2023	34.5	17	44.3	12	24.8	30	1.57	116
2022	33.8	24	44.1	14	23.5	54	5.82	4
2021	32.4	37	39	51	25.8	20	3.49	47
2020	36.3	6	44.4	11	28.2	5	3.21	55
2019	32.4	37	40.1	38	24.7	31	3.94	35
2018	39.6	1	48.8	1	30.4	1	5.45	7
2017	35.7	9	45	6	26.4	13	2.22	97
2016	33.8	24	43.5	16	24.1	43	5.32	11
2015	18.4	121	28.3	120	8.5	121	2.73	79
2014	28.4	85	36.3	86	20.6	75	4.71	21
2013	31	57	37.9	70	24	47	5.03	16
2012	36.2	7	45.6	4	26.8	9	1.49	118
2011	29.7	70	39.4	47	19.9	83	4.80	19
2010	33	29	39.5	45	26.5	12	4.47	26
2009	32.9	32	41.8	28	24	47	1.99	104
2008	32.9	32	41.3	33	24.5	35	7.04	2
2007	27	93	34.8	98	19.3	89	2.33	94
2006	31.7	47	40.1	38	23.2	57	2.75	77
2005	31.3	55	39.1	49	23.4	55	3.28	54
2004	33	29	41.5	31	24.4	36	2.10	99
2003	26.2	102	33.5	108	18.8	94	3.75	42
2002	35.6	10	45.5	5	25.6	21	1.72	113
2001	31.8	45	40.1	38	23.6	53	1.96	108
2000	34	23	41.7	29	26.3	15	2.74	78
1999	34.8	15	43.5	16	26.1	16	5.39	8
1998	37	4	44.5	10	29.5	2	5.85	3
1997	36.4	5	44.7	9	28.2	5	1.93	109
1996	29.6	72	37.2	79	22	69	2.69	80
1995	29.3	75	38.7	58	20	82	3.14	61
1994	25.8	106	33.9	105	17.7	102	2.10	99
1993	26.3	99	35.3	94	17.3	103	5.06	15
1992	33	29	42.1	26	23.9	49	2.10	99
1991	35.1	13	44.8	7	25.3	26	2.31	95
1990	34.3	19	43.9	15	24.6	33	2.93	70
1989	29.9	68	37.6	75	22.2	68	2.69	80
1988	31.8	45	40.4	34	23.2	57	5.29	12
1987	28.6	83	38	68	19.1	92	0.39	122
1986	29	78	35.5	91	22.5	65	3.18	57
1985	32.1	42	40.4	34	23.8	51	1.57	116
1984	37.1	3	44.8	7	29.4	3	7.20	1
1983	32.9	32	40.2	37	25.6	21	4.81	18
1982	31.5	49	38.8	54	24.2	40	3.08	64
1981	37.4	2	46.8	2	27.9	7	4.79	20
1980	26.8	94	35.5	91	18	100	1.16	121
1979	19.7	120	27.1	121	12.3	119	4.08	33
1978	22.1	118	30.7	117	13.4	118	3.20	56
1977	29.7	70	37.5	77	22	69	2.87	73
1976	35.5	11	46	3	24.9	28	2.91	71
1975	30.4	62	37.9	70	22.9	61	3.29	52
1974	28.9	79	37.7	74	20.2	80	3.04	65
1973	29.6	72	38.6	59	20.6	75	3.55	45
1972	28	88	37	82	19	93	5.19	13
1971	30.9	58	37.6	75	24.1	43	5.36	9
1970	29.2	77	39.2	48	19.3	89	5.34	10
1969	28.7	82	34.1	104	23.3	56	4.30	29
1968	24.6	111	33.6	107	15.6	115	1.31	119
1967	25.6	107	34.8	98	16.5	110	2.51	87
1966	29.9	68	38.4	63	21.4	73	4.30	29
1965	28.4	85	37.1	80	19.6	87	3.77	40
1964	27.9	89	36.5	85	19.3	89	3.15	58
1963	26.3	99	35.4	93	17.2	106	3.15	58
1962	26.6	97	35.3	94	17.9	101	5.16	14
1961	30.6	61	39.5	45	21.7	71	4.68	23
1960	35	14	42.5	23	27.6	8	5.63	6
1959	26.7	96	36.2	87	17.3	103	3.67	43
1958	24.6	111	32.1	112	17.2	106	2.95	69
1957	33.8	24	42.3	25	25.4	23	1.68	114
1956	32.3	41	39.1	49	25.4	23	4.60	24
1955	31.5	49	40	42	22.9	61	4.97	17
1954	35.4	12	44.2	13	26.6	10	2.68	82
1953	34.7	16	43	19	26.4	13	4.71	21
1952	32.4	37	39.8	43	25	27	4.37	27
1951	34.2	20	42.5	23	25.9	18	3.39	49
1950	27.4	90	35	96	19.7	86	3.83	38
1949	34.2	20	42.9	20	25.4	23	3.48	48
1948	25.5	108	34.7	101	16.2	111	2.21	98
1947	30	67	38.3	66	21.7	71	1.83	110
1946	28.9	79	38	68	19.9	83	3.55	45
1945	31.4	52	38.6	59	24.2	40	4.26	31
1944	30.4	62	38.4	63	22.3	67	2.52	86
1943	31.4	52	40.1	38	22.7	63	1.61	115
1942	28.1	87	35.9	88	20.3	79	3.84	37
1941	30.2	65	37.9	70	22.5	65	2.34	92
1940	30.1	66	36.9	84	23.2	57	3.13	62
1939	33.2	28	42.1	26	24.4	36	4.09	32
1938	31.9	43	39.6	44	24.1	43	2.34	92
1937	34.1	22	41.7	29	26.6	10	1.75	112
1936	23.4	114	30.7	117	16.1	113	3.77	40
1935	28.8	81	37	82	20.6	75	2.64	84
1934	17.4	122	26.7	122	8.1	122	3.38	50
1933	32.5	36	40.4	34	24.6	33	3.15	58
1932	30.8	59	37.8	73	23.8	51	1.76	111
1931	30.4	62	38.2	67	22.6	64	1.98	105
1930	33.7	27	42.6	22	24.7	31	2.57	85
1929	31.3	55	38.4	63	24.3	38	3.04	65
1928	29.3	75	37.4	78	21.2	74	2.85	75
1927	32.4	37	39	51	25.9	18	2.02	103
1926	27.3	91	34.7	101	19.9	83	3.82	39
1925	35.9	8	43.4	18	28.5	4	2.08	102
1924	25.5	108	32.4	111	18.6	97	3.67	43
1923	22.7	116	29.6	119	15.8	114	1.97	106
1922	31.4	52	38.8	54	23.9	49	2.42	89
1921	31.5	49	38.8	54	24.1	43	2.23	96
1920	26.3	99	33.1	109	19.6	87	4.56	25
1919	31.6	48	38.8	54	24.3	38	3.09	63
1918	25.9	105	35.7	90	16.2	111	2.87	73
1917	24.9	110	32.9	110	17	109	1.97	106
1916	24.6	111	31.9	113	17.2	106	4.34	28
1915	31.9	43	39	51	24.9	28	3.30	51
1914	23.4	114	31.3	115	15.4	116	2.99	67
1913	27.1	92	35.9	88	18.3	98	2.97	68
1912	26.4	98	34.6	103	18.3	98	2.65	83
1911	26.2	102	33.7	106	18.8	94	2.38	90
1910	28.6	83	37.1	80	20.1	81	3.86	36
1909	32.8	35	41.4	32	24.2	40	5.80	5
1908	26.1	104	34.8	98	17.3	103	4.00	34
1907	21.4	119	30.8	116	12	120	2.36	91
1906	29.6	72	38.6	59	20.6	75	2.88	72
1905	22.6	117	31.4	114	13.9	117	1.18	120

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	39.6
1981	37.4
1984	37.1
1998	37
1997	36.4
2020	36.3
2012	36.2
1925	35.9
2017	35.7
2002	35.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1934	17.4
2015	18.4
1979	19.7
1907	21.4
1978	22.1
1905	22.6
1923	22.7
1936	23.4
1914	23.4
1968	24.6
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1984	7.20
2008	7.04
1998	5.85
2022	5.82
1909	5.80
1960	5.63
2018	5.45
1999	5.39
1971	5.36
1970	5.34

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1987	0.39
1980	1.16
1905	1.18
1968	1.31
2012	1.49
2023	1.57
1985	1.57
1943	1.61
1957	1.68
2002	1.72

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 45°F; 28 February 2026
Coldest night: 2°F; 8 February 2026
Wettest day: 1.67 in; 23 February 2026

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February 2026 brought 2.84 in of precipitation in Providence, RI, the driest February since 2024, 47th driest of 122.
The hottest day of February 2026 in Providence, RI: 45°F on Saturday 28 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Providence, RI: a low of 2°F on Sunday 8 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Providence, RI: 1.67 in on Monday 23 February 2026.