Providence, RI: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 28.4°F in Providence, RI, the coldest winter since 2015, tied 26th coldest of 122 (with 1981).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 28.4°F; Coldest since 2015; 26th coldest of 122
Precipitation: 8.29 in; Driest since 2007; 20th driest of 122

A normal winter in Providence, RI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 33.1°F, between 28.9°F and 35.7°F in eight years of ten and 12.59 in of precipitation, between 8.82 in and 14.52 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Providence, RI since 1905: 28.4°F in 2026; the lowest is 23.1°F, in 1918.

Normal range, 28.9 to 35.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	28.4	96	36.3	93	20.5	97	8.29	103
2025	31.2	55	38.9	62	23.5	51	12.91	34
2024	35.6	7	43.1	11	28	6	19.05	2
2023	36	4	44.2	4	27.7	7	14.33	18
2022	33.7	22	42.7	15	24.7	34	10.46	69
2021	33.5	26	40.9	35	26.1	20	13.61	23
2020	35.6	7	43.6	6	27.7	7	12.58	42
2019	32.4	39	40.5	38	24.3	45	15.19	10
2018	33.1	29	41.3	29	24.9	30	14.51	16
2017	35.1	11	43.4	8	26.8	13	10.32	71
2016	37.4	1	46.1	1	28.7	1	13.15	30
2015	27.8	105	36	99	19.6	105	12.60	40
2014	29.5	83	37.7	77	21.3	91	13.22	27
2013	33.6	24	41.1	31	26.2	17	12.51	43
2012	36.5	3	45.8	2	27.1	10	8.84	98
2011	29	90	37	85	20.9	93	12.59	41
2010	31.6	50	38.7	69	24.5	40	13.99	22
2009	30.7	67	39.1	58	22.4	68	13.19	29
2008	33	34	41	33	24.9	30	14.60	14
2007	34.2	20	42.1	21	26.2	17	8.24	104
2006	33.8	21	41.8	23	25.9	22	12.20	45
2005	31	58	39	60	23	60	12.87	35
2004	30.1	76	38.1	74	22.1	80	10.05	78
2003	28.1	99	35.3	108	20.9	93	10.73	66
2002	36.7	2	45.3	3	28.2	4	6.94	115
2001	29.8	80	37.7	77	21.9	84	8.62	101
2000	32.8	36	41	33	24.6	37	9.32	92
1999	34.5	17	43.4	8	25.6	25	13.36	25
1998	35.4	10	43	13	27.7	7	15.24	9
1997	34.7	13	42.6	16	26.8	13	12.79	37
1996	29.4	85	36.9	89	21.8	86	12.61	39
1995	34.8	12	43.2	10	26.3	16	11.39	59
1994	27.4	108	35.6	106	19.2	110	13.39	24
1993	30.8	62	38.8	64	22.7	65	14.31	19
1992	33.6	24	42.6	16	24.6	37	10.09	77
1991	34.7	13	44	5	25.4	26	11.23	60
1990	30.7	67	39.4	52	21.9	84	9.60	85
1989	32.1	43	40.7	37	23.5	51	4.89	121
1988	31.2	55	39.8	46	22.6	66	10.27	72
1987	31.1	57	39.3	56	22.8	63	13.21	28
1986	30.2	74	38.4	71	22	82	10.48	68
1985	30.7	67	39	60	22.5	67	5.91	120
1984	31.9	45	39.9	43	23.9	49	16.91	4
1983	34.3	19	41.5	27	27.1	10	10.94	64
1982	27.9	103	35.3	108	20.5	97	15.53	8
1981	28.4	96	38.5	70	18.3	112	7.13	114
1980	31.3	53	39.9	43	22.8	63	4.37	122
1979	28	100	35.9	100	20.1	101	20.93	1
1978	26.4	114	34.4	115	18.4	111	18.06	3
1977	25.2	119	33.8	116	16.6	120	10.24	73
1976	30.2	74	39.8	46	20.6	95	14.40	17
1975	33.5	26	40.9	35	26.1	20	14.61	13
1974	33.1	29	41.7	24	24.5	40	15.12	11
1973	31.8	47	40.4	40	23.1	58	14.31	19
1972	31.3	53	40.5	38	22.2	74	9.41	88
1971	27.3	109	34.9	111	19.7	104	11.91	51
1970	26.3	115	34.6	114	18.1	114	16.59	5
1969	29.2	88	36.2	97	22.2	74	13.23	26
1968	27.9	103	36.3	93	19.6	105	12.17	46
1967	30.8	62	39.4	52	22.3	71	7.15	113
1966	31.4	51	39.4	52	23.5	51	9.12	95
1965	28.9	92	37.1	84	20.6	95	12.69	38
1964	27.7	106	35.9	100	19.5	107	10.95	63
1963	28	100	36.6	91	19.3	108	9.18	94
1962	29.1	89	37	85	21.2	92	13.02	32
1961	27.1	110	35.9	100	18.3	112	12.50	44
1960	32.8	36	40.4	40	25.2	27	12.82	36
1959	26.7	111	35.5	107	17.9	116	7.43	111
1958	31.4	51	38.8	64	24.1	47	15.93	6
1957	30.8	62	39.4	52	22.2	74	9.12	95
1956	29.3	86	36.3	93	22.3	71	10.10	76
1955	30.9	60	38.8	64	23	60	11.48	56
1954	33.1	29	42.1	21	24.1	47	10.94	64
1953	34.6	15	42.2	20	27.1	10	14.59	15
1952	33.2	28	41.2	30	25.2	27	14.13	21
1951	33.7	22	41.6	26	25.7	23	12.11	47
1950	33.1	29	41.5	27	24.7	34	9.36	91
1949	34.6	15	42.6	16	26.5	15	10.17	74
1948	26.5	113	34.9	111	18.1	114	11.95	50
1947	33.1	29	41.7	24	24.5	40	8.52	102
1946	29.3	86	37.2	82	21.4	90	15.00	12
1945	29	90	36.4	92	21.5	88	11.76	53
1944	30.8	62	38.8	64	22.9	62	6.25	118
1943	28.9	92	36.3	93	21.5	88	12.07	48
1942	30.6	72	38.8	64	22.4	68	11.19	61
1941	30.7	67	38.3	72	23.2	57	8.06	107
1940	28.9	92	35.8	104	22	82	8.75	100
1939	31.8	47	39.1	58	24.5	40	9.70	84
1938	30.7	67	37.8	76	23.5	51	9.93	80
1937	35.9	5	43.6	6	28.1	5	15.80	7
1936	26.6	112	33.3	118	19.9	102	11.66	55
1935	27.6	107	35.3	108	19.9	102	11.76	53
1934	25.6	118	33.7	117	17.6	117	10.14	75
1933	35.7	6	43.1	11	28.3	2	6.83	116
1932	35.6	7	42.9	14	28.3	2	9.41	88
1931	31	58	38	75	23.9	49	8.07	106
1930	32.1	43	39.5	50	24.7	34	9.03	97
1929	32.3	40	39.7	49	24.9	30	10.40	70
1928	32.3	40	40	42	24.6	37	9.81	81
1927	29.8	80	37.2	82	22.4	68	7.46	110
1926	30.1	76	37	85	23.1	58	9.79	82
1925	30.8	62	38.3	72	23.3	56	7.25	112
1924	31.9	45	39.2	57	24.5	40	12.93	33
1923	26.3	115	33.2	119	19.3	108	11.10	62
1922	29.5	83	36.9	89	22.2	74	6.21	119
1921	32.3	40	39.5	50	25.1	29	9.46	87
1920	25	120	32.4	121	17.6	117	9.27	93
1919	32.8	36	39.9	43	25.7	23	10.57	67
1918	23.1	122	31.1	122	15	122	8.08	105
1917	28.7	95	35.9	100	21.6	87	8.01	108
1916	29.6	82	37	85	22.1	80	9.49	86
1915	30.9	60	37.6	80	24.3	45	13.09	31
1914	30	78	37.7	77	22.3	71	10.01	79
1913	34.4	18	42.6	16	26.2	17	11.48	56
1912	28.3	98	36.1	98	20.5	97	9.75	83
1911	28	100	35.7	105	20.3	100	7.62	109
1910	29.9	79	37.6	80	22.2	74	11.41	58
1909	31.7	49	39.8	46	23.5	51	11.98	49
1908	30.5	73	38.9	62	22.2	74	11.89	52
1907	26.2	117	34.8	113	17.6	117	8.80	99
1906	33	34	41.1	31	24.8	33	9.39	90
1905	24.3	121	32.8	120	15.8	121	6.41	117

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2016	37.4
2002	36.7
2012	36.5
2023	36
1937	35.9
1933	35.7
2024	35.6
2020	35.6
1932	35.6
1998	35.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	23.1
1905	24.3
1920	25
1977	25.2
1934	25.6
1907	26.2
1970	26.3
1923	26.3
1978	26.4
1948	26.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	20.93
2024	19.05
1978	18.06
1984	16.91
1970	16.59
1958	15.93
1937	15.80
1982	15.53
1998	15.24
2019	15.19

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1980	4.37
1989	4.89
1985	5.91
1922	6.21
1944	6.25
1905	6.41
1933	6.83
2002	6.94
1981	7.13
1967	7.15

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 59°F; 19 December 2025
Coldest night: 1°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.67 in; 23 February 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 8.29 in of precipitation in Providence, RI, the driest winter since 2007, 20th driest of 122.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Providence, RI: 59°F on Friday 19 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Providence, RI: a low of 1°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Providence, RI: 1.67 in on Monday 23 February 2026.