Providence, RI: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 27.4°F in Providence, RI, the coldest January since 2015, 36th coldest of 122.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 27.4°F; Coldest since 2015; 36th coldest of 122
Precipitation: 3.08 in; Driest since 2025; 50th driest of 122

A normal January in Providence, RI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 29.5°F, between 24.9°F and 35.3°F in eight years of ten and 3.68 in of precipitation, between 2.03 in and 6.50 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Providence, RI since 1905: 27.4°F in 2026; the lowest is 19.6°F, in 1970.

Normal range, 24.9 to 35.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January 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	27.4	87	35.2	87	19.5	85	3.08	73
2025	28.2	79	35.9	81	20.5	76	2.04	104
2024	32.3	28	39	43	25.6	19	9.33	2
2023	37.6	3	44.5	6	30.7	2	6.76	9
2022	27.5	85	36.9	66	18.1	95	2.92	81
2021	32.1	30	39.3	42	24.9	27	2.04	104
2020	36	9	44.2	9	27.8	10	1.26	117
2019	29.1	64	37.6	54	20.5	76	6.48	14
2018	29.2	63	37.4	59	20.9	67	6.49	13
2017	34.8	13	42.1	16	27.4	12	4.96	25
2016	32.2	29	40.6	28	23.7	36	3.03	76
2015	26.2	95	34.2	91	18.2	94	3.62	56
2014	26.7	90	35.7	84	17.8	97	3.69	53
2013	31.3	39	39.4	39	23.2	43	1.93	110
2012	34	19	43.1	12	25	25	3.40	66
2011	26.2	95	33.7	96	18.6	91	3.75	52
2010	29.1	64	36.5	75	21.6	56	3.37	69
2009	24.2	105	31.8	108	16.6	102	3.94	49
2008	33.3	22	41.8	20	24.7	28	2.93	79
2007	34.1	17	41.9	17	26.3	18	3.51	60
2006	37.2	6	45.2	5	29.2	6	5.11	23
2005	27.5	85	34.8	89	20.1	81	4.69	31
2004	21.4	115	28.5	118	14.2	111	1.52	113
2003	25	101	32	106	18.1	95	2.04	104
2002	35.2	11	43.4	10	27	14	2.76	85
2001	29	67	36.9	66	21.1	65	2.40	98
2000	27.7	84	36.6	72	18.8	89	4.19	43
1999	30.2	51	39.5	35	20.9	67	6.70	10
1998	35.1	12	42.2	15	28	9	6.55	11
1997	29.3	62	37.6	54	20.9	67	4.27	42
1996	28.7	73	36.6	72	20.8	73	7.02	5
1995	36	9	43.4	10	28.6	7	3.67	54
1994	22.7	110	31.4	111	14	113	5.53	22
1993	31.4	37	39	43	23.8	35	2.42	97
1992	31.4	37	40.5	30	22.3	46	4.82	28
1991	29.6	58	38.7	46	20.5	76	3.44	64
1990	36.3	8	44.5	6	28.1	8	5.01	24
1989	33.8	20	42.9	13	24.6	29	1.17	119
1988	26.8	89	35.9	81	17.6	98	2.69	87
1987	29	67	36.8	69	21.2	64	4.73	29
1986	31	43	40.4	31	21.7	54	5.88	20
1985	22.5	113	29.9	115	15.1	109	1.18	118
1984	26.4	93	34.1	93	18.7	90	2.00	109
1983	31.3	39	38.2	47	24.5	30	4.32	41
1982	21.4	115	30.8	112	12.1	120	6.09	17
1981	20.3	120	30.1	114	10.5	122	0.77	121
1980	29.7	56	37.4	59	21.9	53	1.40	114
1979	30	53	37.7	53	22.3	46	11.66	1
1978	25.1	100	33.1	102	17.1	99	9.01	3
1977	20.9	117	28.6	117	13.1	117	3.90	50
1976	23.4	108	33.2	100	13.7	114	6.38	16
1975	34.1	17	41.5	23	26.7	16	6.78	8
1974	31.6	34	39.6	34	23.6	38	4.45	36
1973	31.1	42	40.6	28	21.5	57	3.06	74
1972	30.8	45	40.7	26	20.9	67	1.85	111
1971	22.9	109	31.5	110	14.2	111	2.01	108
1970	19.6	122	27.7	121	11.5	121	0.50	122
1969	28.8	71	36.3	77	21.3	62	2.23	102
1968	24.5	103	32.9	103	16.1	106	3.50	62
1967	33.7	21	41.7	22	25.6	19	1.60	112
1966	28.8	71	36.1	79	21.5	57	3.40	66
1965	25	101	33.7	96	16.3	104	3.46	63
1964	30.6	48	39.8	33	21.4	60	5.65	21
1963	28.9	70	36.9	66	20.8	73	3.40	66
1962	28.5	75	37.1	63	19.8	83	4.70	30
1961	23.6	107	32.1	104	15.2	108	3.52	59
1960	29.1	64	36.7	71	21.5	57	3.02	77
1959	28.1	81	36.8	69	19.5	85	2.27	100
1958	30.7	46	37.5	57	23.9	34	7.12	4
1957	22.7	110	31.8	108	13.6	115	2.17	103
1956	30.3	50	36.3	77	24.4	33	4.92	26
1955	28	82	35.5	85	20.5	76	0.78	120
1954	25.9	97	34.7	90	17.1	99	2.84	84
1953	34.4	15	41.8	20	27	14	6.46	15
1952	32.8	25	41	25	24.5	30	4.59	33
1951	33.1	24	41.2	24	25	25	4.50	34
1950	36.5	7	45.3	3	27.6	11	3.51	60
1949	34.8	13	42.4	14	27.2	13	4.35	39
1948	22.5	113	30.6	113	14.5	110	6.01	19
1947	33.2	23	41.9	17	24.5	30	2.85	83
1946	30	53	38	50	22.1	49	3.63	55
1945	24.5	103	32	106	16.9	101	4.08	46
1944	31.7	33	38.2	47	25.2	23	2.58	94
1943	26.9	88	33.5	98	20.3	80	4.07	47
1942	29	67	37.1	63	20.9	67	3.98	48
1941	26.5	92	33.5	98	19.5	85	3.57	57
1940	22.7	110	29.5	116	16	107	2.50	95
1939	28.2	79	34.9	88	21.4	60	2.30	99
1938	28.4	76	35.8	83	21	66	4.37	38
1937	37.6	3	45.3	3	30	4	4.61	32
1936	28.3	78	35.3	86	21.3	62	6.84	7
1935	24.2	105	32.1	104	16.3	104	6.02	18
1934	30.6	48	37.9	52	23.3	42	3.80	51
1933	37.3	5	44.5	6	30.2	3	2.02	107
1932	38.6	1	45.5	2	31.6	1	4.45	36
1931	29.7	56	37.2	61	22.3	46	3.42	65
1930	30.9	44	38.1	49	23.6	38	2.62	91
1929	28.4	76	36.6	72	20.1	81	4.49	35
1928	32.4	27	39.5	35	25.2	23	2.27	100
1927	29.5	61	37.1	63	22	51	2.69	87
1926	30.2	51	37.6	54	22.7	45	2.69	87
1925	26.4	93	34.1	93	18.6	91	3.21	71
1924	30.7	46	39.4	39	22.1	49	4.13	44
1923	25.8	98	33.2	100	18.4	93	6.55	11
1922	26.6	91	33.8	95	19.4	88	1.36	115
1921	31.2	41	39.5	35	22.9	44	3.32	70
1920	20.7	118	28.4	119	13.1	117	2.60	92
1919	32.8	25	40.2	32	25.4	22	4.34	40
1918	20.3	120	27.3	122	13.3	116	3.11	72
1917	29.6	58	37.2	61	22	51	3.01	78
1916	32.1	30	40.7	26	23.6	38	1.35	116
1915	31.8	32	38	50	25.5	21	6.86	6
1914	28.7	73	36.5	75	20.9	67	3.56	58
1913	38	2	46.7	1	29.3	5	2.90	82
1912	20.7	118	28.4	119	13	119	4.09	45
1911	31.6	34	39.5	35	23.7	36	2.71	86
1910	31.5	36	39.4	39	23.5	41	4.85	27
1909	29.6	58	37.5	57	21.7	54	3.06	74
1908	29.9	55	39	43	20.8	73	2.93	79
1907	27.8	83	36	80	19.6	84	2.63	90
1906	34.3	16	41.9	17	26.6	17	2.59	93
1905	25.3	99	34.2	91	16.5	103	2.45	96

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	38.6
1913	38
2023	37.6
1937	37.6
1933	37.3
2006	37.2
1950	36.5
1990	36.3
2020	36
1995	36

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1970	19.6
1981	20.3
1918	20.3
1920	20.7
1912	20.7
1977	20.9
2004	21.4
1982	21.4
1985	22.5
1948	22.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	11.66
2024	9.33
1978	9.01
1958	7.12
1996	7.02
1915	6.86
1936	6.84
1975	6.78
2023	6.76
1999	6.70

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1970	0.50
1981	0.77
1955	0.78
1989	1.17
1985	1.18
2020	1.26
1916	1.35
1922	1.36
1980	1.40
2004	1.52

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 54°F; 14 January 2026, 9 January 2026
Coldest night: 1°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.41 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 3.08 in of precipitation in Providence, RI, the driest January since 2025, 50th driest of 122.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Providence, RI: 54°F on Wednesday 14 January 2026 and Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Providence, RI: a low of 1°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Providence, RI: 1.41 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.