Cranston, RI Weather Forecast
Providence County, Rhode Island
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Cranston, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Cranston, RI at a glance
Cranston is home to about 82,635 people in Providence County, across 28 square miles. It ranks 3rd by population of 38 places in Rhode Island with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Johnston, 4 miles away.
- County
- Providence County
- Population
- 82,635 2023 est.
- Land area
- 28 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,915
- Forecast point
- 41.7697°N, 71.4850°W
How well can the network see Cranston?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBOX (Boston, MA), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,300 ft above Cranston. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Cranston show up clearly. Cranston is closer to its radar than 82% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KPVD (Providence/Green Mem). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Cranston
- Johnston, RI4 mi
- Providence, RI5 mi
- Warwick, RI6 mi
- West Warwick, RI6 mi
- North Providence, RI7 mi
- East Providence, RI7 mi
- Scituate, RI8 mi
- Barrington, RI9 mi
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