Providence, RI Weather Forecast
Providence County, Rhode Island
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Providence, 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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Providence, RI at a glance
Providence is home to about 190,792 people in Providence County, across 18 square miles. It is the largest of 38 places in Rhode Island with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is North Providence, 3 miles away.
- County
- Providence County
- Population
- 190,792 2023 est.
- Land area
- 18 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 10,366
- Forecast point
- 41.8231°N, 71.4188°W
How well can the network see Providence?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBOX (Boston, MA), to the ENE. Its lowest scan passes about 940 ft above Providence. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Providence show up clearly. Providence is closer to its radar than 88% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KPVD (Providence/Green Mem). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Providence
- North Providence, RI3 mi
- East Providence, RI3 mi
- Pawtucket, RI4 mi
- Central Falls, RI5 mi
- Cranston, RI5 mi
- Johnston, RI5 mi
- Seekonk, MA5 mi
- Lincoln, RI7 mi
Elsewhere in Rhode Island
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