Providence, RI Weather
Today's Forecast
Patchy drizzle and patchy fog and a slight chance of rain showers before 5am, then a chance of rain showers and patchy drizzle and patchy fog. Cloudy, with a low around 63. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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Last updated Sun, Aug 23, 2:49 AM UTC
Winter in Providence
Providence averages 37 inches of snow a year, according to NOAA’s 1991–2020 climate normals — a regular snow place. Snow several times a winter, well-practised response. Closures happen but need a real storm.
That is why local snowfall thresholds differ so much from one town to the next: a district that plans for 37 inches a year is equipped differently from one that never sees any. Here, roughly 6 inches in a single storm is where a normal school day comes under threat.
Upper air over Providence
The nearest radiosonde launch is Chatham, about 75 miles away. A weather balloon goes up twice a day and measures temperature, humidity and wind all the way through the atmosphere — which is what forecasters actually read to judge whether storms will fire, and how a surface forecast was arrived at.