Rainy days · Rhode Island
How often does it rain in Providence?
Providence rain is moody, artsy and slightly too pleased with its own atmosphere.
Providence gets measurable rain or snow on about 127 days a year, adding up to about 48 inches.
November usually brings Providence about 10 wet days and 4.3 inches. The wettest month is usually May, with about 12 wet days, and the driest is August, with about 9 wet days. That makes Providence number 38 of the 129 US cities we track, rainiest first.
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Rainy days, month by month
| Month | Wet days | Inches |
|---|---|---|
| January | 11 | 4.0 |
| February | 10 | 3.5 |
| March | 12 | 4.9 |
| April | 12 | 4.3 |
| May | 12 | 3.4 |
| June | 11 | 3.8 |
| July | 9 | 2.9 |
| August | 9 | 3.6 |
| September | 9 | 4.2 |
| October | 10 | 4.2 |
| November | 10 | 4.3 |
| December | 12 | 4.7 |
Cities with about as many rainy days
- Louisville, Kentucky: about 127 wet days a year
- Green Bay, Wisconsin: about 126 wet days a year
- Madison, Wisconsin: about 126 wet days a year
Source: NOAA daily precipitation records for the Providence area, 1991 to 2020 (at least 30 complete years behind every month), via the Applied Climate Information System. A wet day here means at least a hundredth of an inch of rain or melted snow.