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Providence, RI

41.722°N, 71.433°W · station PVDthr · 123 years of record
57°F
forecast low · Sep 6

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Providence.
60°WED9/262°THU9/365°FRI9/462°SAT9/557°SUN9/657°MON9/759°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Providence — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#51 / 121
coldest Sep 6 in 121 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 6 ever

45°F
set in 1909

Mildest Sep 6 ever

74°F
set in 1983
Forecast low 57°F — 51st coldest Sep 6 of 121 years · record 45°F (1909) · coldest since 2024.
1905: 56°F1906: 54°F1907: 60°F1908: 55°F1909: 45°F1910: 62°F1911: 65°F1912: 65°F1913: 53°F1914: 58°F1915: 63°F1916: 57°F1917: 53°F1918: 60°F1919: 59°F1920: 57°F1921: 63°F1922: 63°F1923: 58°F1924: 54°F1925: 62°F1926: 55°F1927: 53°F1928: 55°F1929: 64°F1930: 62°F1931: 62°F1932: 72°F1933: 57°F1934: 58°F1935: 58°F1936: 53°F1937: 51°F1938: 48°F1939: 53°F1940: 57°F1941: 70°F1942: 53°F1943: 67°F1944: 66°F1945: 64°F1946: 52°F1947: 65°F1948: 61°F1949: 54°F1950: 50°F1951: 55°F1952: 53°F1953: 71°F1954: 61°F1955: 57°F1956: 60°F1957: 52°F1958: 59°F1959: 61°F1960: 56°F1961: 62°F1962: 49°F1963: 53°F1964: 58°F1965: 48°F1966: 59°F1967: 60°F1968: 56°F1969: 65°F1970: 58°F1971: 65°F1972: 49°F1973: 66°F1974: 52°F1975: 59°F1976: 55°F1977: 69°F1978: 56°F1979: 72°F1980: 64°F1981: 52°F1982: 53°F1983: 74°F1984: 54°F1985: 64°F1986: 60°F1987: 54°F1988: 55°F1989: 49°F1990: 60°F1991: 60°F1992: 58°F1993: 62°F1994: 54°F1995: 60°F1996: 67°F1997: 54°F1998: 58°F1999: 71°F2000: 49°F2001: 51°F2002: 55°F2003: 58°F2004: 52°F2005: 53°F2006: 61°F2007: 56°F2008: 68°F2009: 53°F2010: 52°F2011: 58°F2012: 65°F2013: 50°F2014: 72°F2015: 55°F2016: 61°F2017: 64°F2018: 73°F2019: 56°F2020: 57°F2021: 63°F2022: 61°F2023: 71°F2024: 53°F2025: 67°F57° forecast45505560657075191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 657°F
Coldest this date since2024
This-date record45°F
This-date rank#51 of 121
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-17°F (1934)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1904–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Providence in each calendar month, and for the whole 1904–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan70°FJan 12, 2020-13°FJan 23, 1976
Feb72°FFeb 18, 1981-17°FFeb 9, 1934
Mar90°FMar 29, 19451°FMar 6, 1948
Apr98°FApr 19, 197611°FApr 1, 1923
May96°FMay 26, 201029°FMay 9, 1956
Jun100°FJun 24, 202539°FJun 1, 1945
Jul102°FJul 21, 199148°FJul 1, 1988
Aug104°FAug 2, 197540°FAug 31, 1965
Sep100°FSep 11, 198332°FSep 30, 1951
Oct88°FOct 6, 194620°FOct 27, 1976
Nov81°FNov 2, 19506°FNov 24, 1989
Dec77°FDec 7, 1998-12°FDec 30, 1917
All-time104°FAug 2, 1975-17°FFeb 9, 1934

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Providence so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

3 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

80°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jun 6, 1925

Coldest high ever

1°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Feb 5, 1918
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan54°FJan 4, 19506°FJan 13, 1914
Feb55°FFeb 21, 20181°FFeb 5, 1918
Mar62°FMar 30, 194517°FMar 7, 1913
Apr65°FApr 21, 192326°FApr 7, 1982
May72°FMay 31, 192940°FMay 6, 1917
Jun80°FJun 6, 192547°FJun 2, 1907
Jul80°FJul 3, 202659°FJul 5, 1933
Aug78°FAug 2, 193358°FAug 16, 1905
Sep75°FSep 11, 193150°FSep 30, 1928
Oct70°FOct 8, 200537°FOct 26, 1962
Nov67°FNov 2, 197123°FNov 30, 1929
Dec61°FDec 1, 20062°FDec 30, 1917
All-time80°FJun 6, 19251°FFeb 5, 1918

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

85 days
record run, ended Feb 24 1918

So far in 2026

76 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Providence's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 60°F · forecast is -3° vs normal.
Jan: 38°FJan: 22°FFeb: 40°FFeb: 24°FMar: 48°FMar: 30°FApr: 59°FApr: 40°FMay: 69°FMay: 49°FJun: 78°FJun: 59°FJul: 84°FJul: 65°FAug: 82°FAug: 64°FSep: 75°FSep: 56°FOct: 64°FOct: 45°FNov: 53°FNov: 36°FDec: 43°FDec: 28°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:11 AM
Sunset6:19 PM
Solar noon11:45 AM
Daylight13h 08m · losing 19 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

41.72°N, 71.43°W

Nearby Stations

Milton, MA37 mi NEWorcester, MA44 mi NWBoston, MA49 mi NEHartford, CT65 mi WWestfield, MA72 mi WManchester, NH83 mi N

The Last 6 Weeks

Providence's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Providence, RI — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Providence's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Providence, RI — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1904

Each cell is one day's low at Providence, coloured by temperature — 123 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Providence, RI daily low heat map 1904–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Providence — counted through Sep 6 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
76 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 59th most in 123 years. Normal for this point: 75. Record: 91 in 1926.

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