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Rhode Island weather by city

VSWeather covers 16 cities and towns in Rhode Island, from Providence (population 190,214) down to Kingston (population 6,953). Newport is the state's sunniest covered city at 201 sunny days a year. Greenville is its snowiest at 49 in of snow in an average winter. Every figure is a 30 year average for 1991 to 2020.

Rhode Island climate standouts

The top 10 covered cities in the state for each measure.

Sunniest

  1. 1Newport 201 sunny days
  2. 2Newport East 201 sunny days
  3. 3Wakefield-Peace Dale 201 sunny days
  4. 4Kingston 201 sunny days
  5. 5Westerly 201 sunny days
  6. 6Providence 199 sunny days
  7. 7Warwick 199 sunny days
  8. 8Cranston 199 sunny days
  9. 9Woonsocket 199 sunny days
  10. 10Central Falls 199 sunny days

Snowiest

  1. 1Greenville 49 in of snow
  2. 2Valley Falls 45 in of snow
  3. 3Central Falls 43 in of snow
  4. 4Cumberland Hill 43 in of snow
  5. 5Woonsocket 42 in of snow
  6. 6Providence 40 in of snow
  7. 7Cranston 39 in of snow
  8. 8Tiverton 38 in of snow
  9. 9Warwick 37 in of snow
  10. 10Pawtucket 36 in of snow

Rainiest

  1. 1Woonsocket 124 wet days a year
  2. 2Central Falls 124 wet days a year
  3. 3Valley Falls 124 wet days a year
  4. 4Cumberland Hill 124 wet days a year
  5. 5Greenville 124 wet days a year
  6. 6Providence 123 wet days a year
  7. 7Warwick 123 wet days a year
  8. 8Cranston 123 wet days a year
  9. 9Westerly 122 wet days a year
  10. 10Pawtucket 122 wet days a year

Warmest

  1. 1Tiverton 53 °F average
  2. 2Westerly 53 °F average
  3. 3Warwick 52 °F average
  4. 4East Providence 52 °F average
  5. 5Providence 52 °F average
  6. 6Cranston 52 °F average
  7. 7Newport 52 °F average
  8. 8Newport East 51 °F average
  9. 9Pawtucket 51 °F average
  10. 10Woonsocket 51 °F average

Popular Rhode Island comparisons

The state's biggest cities, head to head.

All covered Rhode Island cities and towns

Every place links to its full climate profile.

National rankings

See how Rhode Island cities place among the sunniest cities and snowiest cities and more in the US city weather rankings.

About this data

Figures are 30 year averages for 1991 to 2020, computed from daily climate history at each city's own coordinates. Sunny days count clear plus partly cloudy days; snowfall is anchored to NOAA station measurements. Methods and sources are described on the data sources page.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, ERA5-Land).