Providence, RI Weather Forecast and Current Conditions (02901)
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Current Weather
Feels Like 73°F
Forecast at a Glance
This Date in Weather History
1815 - One of the greatest hurricanes to strike New England made landfall at Long Island and crossed Massachusetts and New Hampshire. It was the worst tempest in nearly two hundred years, equal to the hurricane which struck in 1938, and one of a series of severe summer and autumn storms to affect shipping lanes that year.
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Providence 7 Day Weather Forecast Details
Tuesday Sep 23
Night: Patchy fog between midnight and 1am, then a chance of rain showers and patchy fog between 1am and 5am, then patchy fog and a slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Southwest wind 2 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday Sep 24
Day: A chance of rain showers and patchy fog before 2pm, then patchy fog and a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 71. Northeast wind 2 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 62. East wind 2 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Thursday Sep 25
Day: Rain showers likely and patchy fog before 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 72. Southeast wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 65. Southwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Friday Sep 26
Day: Rain showers likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Southwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. West wind 2 to 6 mph.
Saturday Sep 27
Day: A slight chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. Northwest wind 2 to 7 mph.
Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Southwest wind 2 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Sunday Sep 28
Day: A chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. West wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Northwest wind 3 to 7 mph.
Monday Sep 29
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. Northwest wind around 6 mph.
Tuesday Sep 30
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Northeast wind 5 to 9 mph.
Sun & Moon Monthly
Sunrise 6:35 AM
Sunset 6:43 PM
Last Light 7:10 PM
Moonset 7:19 PM
Close Tide Stations
Providence, State Pier no.1
(1.3 miles away)
Rumford, Seekonk River
(2.3 miles away)
Pawtucket, Seekonk River
(3.5 miles away)
Contiguous United States Extremes
Mon's High Temperature
107 at Rio Grande Village, TX
Tue's Low Temperature
17 at 14 Miles West-southwest Of Mackay, ID
Weather Folklore
Flowers smell best just before a rain.
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About Providence, Rhode Island
Providence ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It is the third-most populous city in New England with a population of 190,934 at the 2020 census, while the Providence metropolitan area extending into Massachusetts has approximately 1.7 million residents, the 39th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. It is the county seat of Providence County.
Providence is one of the oldest cities in New England, founded in 1636 by Reformed Baptist theologian Roger Williams, a religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He named the area in honor of "God's merciful Providence" which he believed was responsible for revealing such a haven for him and his followers. The city developed as a busy port, as it is situated at the mouth of the Providence River at the head of Narragansett Bay.
Providence was one of the first cities in the country to industrialize and became noted for its textile manufacturing and subsequent machine tool, jewelry, and silverware industries. Today, the city of Providence is home to eight hospitals and eight institutions of higher learning which have shifted the city's economy into service industries, though it still retains some manufacturing activity.
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