First snow · Rhode Island
When is the first snow in Providence?
Snow in the next 5 days?
No. There’s no snow in the Providence forecast for the next 5 days.
It’s 43°F in Providence right now.
Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.
Providence’s first measurable snow usually lands around December 1.
Providence gets its first snow in a state small enough that the whole thing is covered in an afternoon.
Snow’s coming. Heads-up or surprise?
Tomorrow’s roast for ProvidenceFree, no account, and you pick how rude I get.Cities on the same snow schedule
Providence is number 61 of 76 for the earliest first snow. Is your city earlier?
- Hartford, Connecticut: around December 1
- Peoria, Illinois: around December 1
- Springfield, Illinois: around December 1
The fastest way back here when the snow gets close.
In 8 winters out of 10 it arrives between November 8 and December 11. A typical Providence winter adds up to about 38 inches of snow.
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How much snow Providence gets in a year
Source: NOAA daily snowfall records for the Providence area, winters 1991 to 2020 (29 with complete records), via the Applied Climate Information System. First snow here means the first day with at least a tenth of an inch.