Providence, RI: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 40.7°F in Providence, RI, the warmest March since 2025, tied 24th warmest of 122 (with 1913).

March 2026

Mean temperature: 40.7°F; Warmest since 2025; 24th warmest of 122
Precipitation: 5.57 in; Wettest since 2024; 25th wettest of 122

A normal March in Providence, RI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 38.8°F, between 35°F and 43.6°F in eight years of ten and 4.85 in of precipitation, between 2.50 in and 7.01 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Providence, RI since 1905: 40.7°F in 2026; the highest is 48.4°F, in 1946.

Normal range, 35 to 43.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March 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	40.7	24	50.2	20	31.2	35	5.57	25
2025	42.6	13	52.3	11	33	15	4.42	44
2024	43.2	12	51.5	15	34.8	9	12.05	2
2023	40	34	48.5	36	31.5	31	4.96	33
2022	42.1	14	51.9	12	32.3	20	3.55	67
2021	41.1	21	51.8	14	30.5	43	3.67	65
2020	43.6	8	52.8	8	34.4	12	4.90	34
2019	36.7	79	45.6	73	27.9	89	3.38	75
2018	38.8	47	46.1	68	31.5	31	4.85	36
2017	35.1	98	43.4	93	26.8	101	3.85	55
2016	43.9	6	53.2	6	34.6	10	2.68	95
2015	32.7	119	41.6	112	23.8	120	4.40	45
2014	34	109	43.6	91	24.4	117	6.73	12
2013	38.5	56	45.9	69	31	38	2.94	90
2012	46.3	3	56.1	3	36.5	4	1.31	119
2011	38.8	47	47.7	45	29.8	54	2.55	97
2010	45.2	4	53.4	5	37	3	16.34	1
2009	37.7	69	46.4	61	28.9	72	2.86	91
2008	39.5	38	48.5	36	30.5	43	6.47	16
2007	38.1	63	48	42	28.2	85	6.48	15
2006	39	42	48.4	38	29.6	60	0.57	120
2005	34.8	103	43.1	95	26.5	103	5.60	24
2004	39.1	41	46.9	54	31.4	33	3.50	70
2003	38.3	60	48.2	40	28.4	81	5.18	31
2002	40.2	30	50	22	30.4	47	4.84	37
2001	36.3	86	43	97	29.6	60	8.78	4
2000	43.5	11	53	7	34	13	5.37	28
1999	39.9	35	49	32	30.7	41	3.33	78
1998	41.2	18	49.9	24	32.5	18	5.86	19
1997	37.8	66	46.2	65	29.4	66	4.86	35
1996	35	100	44.5	84	25.4	113	3.25	80
1995	41.2	18	49.4	28	33	15	2.03	106
1994	38.8	47	47.3	49	30.3	48	7.19	9
1993	35.7	92	43.9	88	27.6	95	6.99	10
1992	36.5	82	45.3	77	27.8	92	4.04	54
1991	41.2	18	50.2	20	32.3	20	6.61	14
1990	40.1	31	50	22	30.2	49	2.01	107
1989	37.5	72	46.4	61	28.6	77	4.13	52
1988	39.4	39	49.2	29	29.5	65	4.09	53
1987	39.8	37	48.8	34	30.8	40	5.62	22
1986	39.9	35	50.4	19	29.4	66	2.86	91
1985	40.8	23	50.5	17	31	38	3.08	87
1984	33.7	111	41	115	26.5	103	5.77	20
1983	40.3	29	47	53	33.7	14	8.84	3
1982	38.8	47	47.8	44	29.8	54	3.76	62
1981	38.7	53	48.2	40	29.1	70	0.56	121
1980	37.1	74	46.2	65	28	87	8.11	5
1979	40.4	27	49.6	27	31.2	35	2.21	104
1978	33.7	111	42.3	107	25.2	115	3.10	85
1977	43.6	8	52.7	9	34.5	11	5.62	22
1976	39	42	48	42	30	52	3.44	73
1975	35.5	96	44	87	27	100	3.07	88
1974	38.7	53	47.7	45	29.7	59	4.51	43
1973	43.6	8	52.4	10	34.9	8	2.78	94
1972	36.4	84	44.4	86	28.4	81	6.70	13
1971	36.7	79	44.7	83	28.6	77	3.81	58
1970	35	100	42.7	101	27.3	96	4.75	38
1969	35	100	42.1	109	27.9	89	3.10	85
1968	38	64	45.6	73	30.5	43	7.83	8
1967	33.3	113	41	115	25.6	110	5.49	27
1966	38.8	47	47.7	45	29.8	54	2.40	101
1965	36	89	43.6	91	28.5	79	1.72	113
1964	37.8	66	47.2	51	28.4	81	2.26	103
1963	38.8	47	46.6	59	31.1	37	3.78	61
1962	37.7	69	45.7	71	29.6	60	1.93	110
1961	36.9	77	45	81	28.9	72	4.16	49
1960	31.5	121	38.9	121	24	119	2.48	99
1959	36.4	84	45	81	27.7	94	6.04	18
1958	38.4	58	44.5	84	32.3	20	3.45	72
1957	38.9	44	47.3	49	30.5	43	3.29	79
1956	33	117	40.6	118	25.4	113	5.51	26
1955	37	76	45.7	71	28.4	81	5.35	29
1954	38	64	46.9	54	29.2	69	3.53	69
1953	39.3	40	46.7	58	31.8	27	7.92	7
1952	36.9	77	43.7	90	30	52	4.72	39
1951	38.9	44	45.9	69	31.9	25	5.29	30
1950	32.9	118	42	111	23.8	120	3.79	59
1949	38.5	56	46.9	54	30.2	49	1.97	109
1948	37.1	74	46.4	61	27.9	89	3.50	70
1947	38.4	58	46.6	59	30.2	49	3.36	77
1946	48.4	1	59.3	1	37.5	2	1.49	115
1945	47.9	2	56.6	2	39.2	1	2.21	104
1944	35.6	95	43.4	93	27.8	92	5.00	32
1943	37.2	73	45.6	73	28.8	74	3.74	63
1942	41.9	15	48.7	35	35	7	7.98	6
1941	34	109	42.3	107	25.8	109	3.54	68
1940	33.3	113	40.2	120	26.4	106	3.69	64
1939	34.6	104	42.1	109	27.1	98	4.62	42
1938	40.1	31	49	32	31.3	34	2.39	102
1937	34.6	104	42.7	101	26.5	103	3.82	56
1936	43.8	7	51.9	12	35.6	5	6.78	11
1935	40.4	27	49.1	31	31.6	29	1.60	114
1934	35.9	91	45.1	78	26.7	102	3.82	56
1933	35.7	92	41.6	112	29.8	54	5.70	21
1932	35.1	98	43	97	27.2	97	4.69	40
1931	38.7	53	45.1	78	32.4	19	4.14	50
1930	37.7	69	45.6	73	29.8	54	3.02	89
1929	41.6	16	50.5	17	32.7	17	3.17	81
1928	36.2	87	43.9	88	28.5	79	2.64	96
1927	40.5	26	49.2	29	31.9	25	1.47	116
1926	33.1	115	40.7	117	25.6	110	3.14	83
1925	41.4	17	50.6	16	32.2	24	3.79	59
1924	36.2	87	42.9	100	29.6	60	1.34	117
1923	33.1	115	41.6	112	24.6	116	3.14	83
1922	38.9	44	47.2	51	30.7	41	4.67	41
1921	44.7	5	54	4	35.4	6	2.50	98
1920	38.3	60	47.5	48	29.1	70	3.66	66
1919	40.1	31	48.4	38	31.8	27	4.31	46
1918	36.7	79	46.4	61	27.1	98	1.77	112
1917	36	89	43.1	95	28.8	74	4.14	50
1916	29.3	122	36.7	122	22	122	2.46	100
1915	34.3	107	43	97	25.6	110	0.07	122
1914	35.7	92	42.5	105	28.8	74	3.38	75
1913	40.7	24	49.7	26	31.6	29	4.30	47
1912	34.5	106	42.7	101	26.2	107	6.36	17
1911	34.2	108	42.5	105	25.9	108	3.16	82
1910	41.1	21	49.9	24	32.3	20	1.32	118
1909	35.4	97	42.6	104	28.2	85	2.86	91
1908	37.8	66	46.2	65	29.4	66	3.42	74
1907	38.2	62	46.9	54	29.6	60	1.78	111
1906	32.4	120	40.5	119	24.2	118	4.29	48
1905	36.5	82	45.1	78	28	87	1.98	108

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1946	48.4
1945	47.9
2012	46.3
2010	45.2
1921	44.7
2016	43.9
1936	43.8
2020	43.6
1977	43.6
1973	43.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1916	29.3
1960	31.5
1906	32.4
2015	32.7
1950	32.9
1956	33
1926	33.1
1923	33.1
1967	33.3
1940	33.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2010	16.34
2024	12.05
1983	8.84
2001	8.78
1980	8.11
1942	7.98
1953	7.92
1968	7.83
1994	7.19
1993	6.99

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1915	0.07
1981	0.56
2006	0.57
2012	1.31
1910	1.32
1924	1.34
1927	1.47
1946	1.49
1935	1.60
1965	1.72

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 74°F; 31 March 2026
Coldest night: 10°F; 3 March 2026
Wettest day: 1.75 in; 16 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 5.57 in of precipitation in Providence, RI, the wettest March since 2024, 25th wettest of 122.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Providence, RI: 74°F on Tuesday 31 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Providence, RI: a low of 10°F on Tuesday 3 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Providence, RI: 1.75 in on Monday 16 March 2026.