Providence, RI: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 60.2°F in Providence, RI, the warmest May since 2022, tied 23rd warmest of 122 (with 1985, 1964 and 1930).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 60.2°F; Warmest since 2022; 23rd warmest of 122
Precipitation: 2.01 in; Driest since 2022; 26th driest of 122

A normal May in Providence, RI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 58.9°F, between 56.4°F and 62.7°F in eight years of ten and 3.08 in of precipitation, between 2.22 in and 5.08 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Providence, RI since 1905: 60.2°F in 2026; the highest is 64.3°F, in 1944.

Normal range, 56.4 to 62.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May 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	60.2	23	69.9	34	50.5	21	2.01	97
2025	59.6	37	68.1	61	51.1	14	8.05	3
2024	59.6	37	67.8	66	51.4	10	7.57	5
2023	57.1	84	68.4	55	45.8	114	3.50	50
2022	61.6	9	70.9	20	52.3	7	1.50	111
2021	59.9	31	70.2	26	49.7	33	4.64	22
2020	58	67	68.2	59	47.9	74	2.97	66
2019	57.7	71	66.6	84	48.7	57	3.19	58
2018	63	3	73.3	4	52.8	5	2.33	88
2017	58.1	62	66.2	88	50	25	6.89	8
2016	59.4	41	69.4	40	49.4	42	3.18	59
2015	62.9	4	75	3	50.8	17	3.69	47
2014	59.1	50	68.7	49	49.5	41	2.25	90
2013	60	28	71.5	13	48.5	60	3.02	63
2012	61.5	11	69.8	37	53.2	2	4.24	28
2011	59.4	41	67.7	68	51	16	2.91	67
2010	62.7	5	72.5	8	53	4	2.52	79
2009	58.7	54	67.3	72	50	25	3.29	56
2008	57.6	74	67.1	76	48.2	66	1.95	98
2007	60.8	17	71.9	12	49.6	39	2.42	85
2006	58.6	56	67.3	72	49.8	30	7.26	7
2005	53.4	118	61.4	119	45.3	117	3.59	48
2004	59.3	45	69.3	43	49.2	46	2.45	83
2003	55.2	111	64	110	46.4	104	3.13	60
2002	56.6	93	66.7	82	46.5	100	4.97	17
2001	60.1	27	70.5	25	49.7	33	3.96	38
2000	58.5	57	68.5	54	48.5	60	3.72	45
1999	59.8	34	69.9	34	49.7	33	4.25	26
1998	61.1	14	70.9	20	51.2	12	6.05	10
1997	55.4	108	64.2	106	46.5	100	2.68	75
1996	57.4	80	67.4	71	47.4	86	2.44	84
1995	57.3	82	66.8	81	47.7	78	2.83	69
1994	56.5	95	66.6	84	46.3	107	2.98	65
1993	61.8	8	72.5	8	51.1	14	1.12	117
1992	57.6	74	68.8	47	46.4	104	1.42	114
1991	63.9	2	75.6	1	52.2	8	3.30	55
1990	56	101	64.8	100	47.2	91	5.70	13
1989	59.2	47	68.8	47	49.7	33	6.07	9
1988	58	67	67.2	74	48.7	57	2.83	69
1987	59.2	47	70.2	26	48.3	65	1.80	104
1986	59.4	41	69.5	39	49.2	46	2.29	89
1985	60.2	23	71.3	17	49	52	4.76	19
1984	57.4	80	66.7	82	48	73	8.38	2
1983	56.8	90	64.8	100	48.9	54	4.67	21
1982	58.9	52	68.2	59	49.6	39	1.61	109
1981	58.5	57	69.7	38	47.2	91	1.92	99
1980	60.3	21	70.1	30	50.5	21	1.78	105
1979	60.3	21	68.1	61	52.5	6	7.62	4
1978	57.8	70	67.1	76	48.5	60	5.27	14
1977	61.2	13	72.6	6	49.8	30	3.43	53
1976	57.9	69	68	65	47.9	74	2.53	78
1975	61.4	12	71.5	13	51.2	12	2.06	95
1974	55.5	107	64.8	100	46.3	107	2.74	72
1973	56.7	91	65.8	95	47.6	79	3.99	35
1972	57.7	71	68.7	49	46.7	98	5.73	12
1971	58.1	62	66.9	80	49.3	43	3.83	41
1970	58.2	60	68.3	57	48.1	70	3.03	62
1969	57.7	71	68.4	55	47	95	2.41	86
1968	55.7	104	65.5	97	45.9	112	3.54	49
1967	51.1	121	60.8	120	41.5	122	7.27	6
1966	54.3	117	64.1	108	44.6	118	3.85	39
1965	60	28	71	18	48.9	54	1.08	118
1964	60.2	23	73	5	47.5	83	0.71	121
1963	57	85	68.1	61	46	111	4.69	20
1962	56.5	95	65.5	97	47.6	79	2.14	92
1961	55.1	112	64.1	108	46.2	109	5.21	15
1960	58.5	57	67.8	66	49.2	46	3.79	42
1959	60.9	15	72	11	49.8	30	1.46	112
1958	54.8	114	63.9	111	45.8	114	4.05	34
1957	58.7	54	69.3	43	48.2	66	0.93	119
1956	53.4	118	63.8	113	43	119	1.43	113
1955	59.6	37	71.4	15	47.9	74	2.37	87
1954	55.6	105	64.3	105	46.9	97	5.92	11
1953	58.1	62	67.2	74	49.1	50	3.25	57
1952	56.7	91	65.9	93	47.5	83	4.22	30
1951	58.2	60	68.3	57	48.1	70	4.50	24
1950	54.7	115	63.6	115	45.9	112	2.51	80
1949	58.1	62	68.6	52	47.6	79	2.72	73
1948	55.3	110	63.4	117	47.2	91	10.58	1
1947	58.1	62	68.1	61	48.1	70	3.73	44
1946	59.1	50	69.2	45	48.9	54	3.99	35
1945	57.2	83	66.1	89	48.4	63	4.25	26
1944	64.3	1	75.2	2	53.3	1	0.86	120
1943	59.4	41	68.9	46	49.9	28	3.34	54
1942	61.9	7	70.7	23	53.2	2	1.77	106
1941	60.7	19	71.4	15	49.9	28	3.10	61
1940	56.6	93	64.6	104	48.7	57	5.01	16
1939	58.8	53	69.4	40	48.2	66	0.57	122
1938	57	85	66.6	84	47.3	89	4.49	25
1937	59.9	31	70.2	26	49.7	33	2.54	77
1936	60	28	70.6	24	49.3	43	1.68	107
1935	56.9	89	66.5	87	47.3	89	1.51	110
1934	60.9	15	71	18	50.8	17	3.50	50
1933	60.7	19	69.9	34	51.5	9	4.10	32
1932	59.7	35	70	32	49.3	43	2.51	80
1931	59.9	31	69.4	40	50.5	21	4.07	33
1930	60.2	23	70.1	30	50.2	24	2.21	91
1929	59.5	40	70	32	49.1	50	3.45	52
1928	55.8	103	64.2	106	47.4	86	1.18	116
1927	55.6	105	63.9	111	47.4	86	2.76	71
1926	56.1	100	66.1	89	46.1	110	2.48	82
1925	56.2	98	65.9	93	46.5	100	1.92	99
1924	55.4	108	63.6	115	47.2	91	2.71	74
1923	57.5	77	67.5	70	47.6	79	1.19	115
1922	61.6	9	72.4	10	50.7	19	4.24	28
1921	57.5	77	67	78	47.9	74	2.60	76
1920	54.5	116	63.2	118	45.8	114	4.92	18
1919	59.3	45	68.6	52	50	25	3.79	42
1918	62	6	72.6	6	51.4	10	2.07	94
1917	50.4	122	58.3	122	42.6	121	2.99	64
1916	57	85	65.6	96	48.4	63	3.85	39
1915	55.9	102	65.1	99	46.6	99	1.82	103
1914	59.7	35	70.2	26	49.2	46	1.88	101
1913	55.1	112	63.8	113	46.5	100	1.84	102
1912	57.5	77	66	91	49	52	3.99	35
1911	60.8	17	70.8	22	50.7	19	2.04	96
1910	56.4	97	64.7	103	48.2	66	2.90	68
1909	56.2	98	66	91	46.4	104	2.09	93
1908	59.2	47	68.7	49	49.7	33	4.18	31
1907	51.8	120	60.7	121	43	119	3.72	45
1906	57.6	74	67.7	68	47.5	83	4.51	23
1905	57	85	67	78	47	95	1.62	108

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1944	64.3
1991	63.9
2018	63
2015	62.9
2010	62.7
1918	62
1942	61.9
1993	61.8
2022	61.6
1922	61.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	50.4
1967	51.1
1907	51.8
2005	53.4
1956	53.4
1966	54.3
1920	54.5
1950	54.7
1958	54.8
1961	55.1
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1948	10.58
1984	8.38
2025	8.05
1979	7.62
2024	7.57
1967	7.27
2006	7.26
2017	6.89
1989	6.07
1998	6.05

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1939	0.57
1964	0.71
1944	0.86
1957	0.93
1965	1.08
1993	1.12
1928	1.18
1923	1.19
1992	1.42
1956	1.43

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 93°F; 20 May 2026, 19 May 2026
Coldest night: 41°F; 31 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.91 in; 24 May 2026

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Every answer in words

May 2026 brought 2.01 in of precipitation in Providence, RI, the driest May since 2022, 26th driest of 122.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Providence, RI: 93°F on Wednesday 20 May 2026 and Tuesday 19 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Providence, RI: a low of 41°F on Sunday 31 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Providence, RI: 0.91 in on Sunday 24 May 2026.