Climate averages 1991–2020
Providence weather
in December.
A cold, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Providence: daytime highs average 5.5°C and nights cool to about -1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 12 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pawtucket (7 km away). In December its highs average 5.4°C, about as warm as Providence, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Providence ranks joint 346th of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 425th of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Providence is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 2.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 91 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Providence climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.7°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 91 | 10.0 | 9.510 h |
| February | 3.9°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 79 | 8.7 | 10.611 h |
| March | 7.8°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 111 | 10.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.9°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 96 | 10.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 79 | 10.8 | 14.515 h |
| June | 24.6°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 89 | 10.0 | 15.215 h |
| July | 28.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 82 | 10.6 | 14.915 h |
| August | 27.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 98 | 10.3 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 91 | 8.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.7°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 103 | 9.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.7°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 90 | 8.8 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | 5.5°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 109 | 10.4 | 9.29 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Pawtucket in DecemberUnited States · 7 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -2.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Warwick in DecemberUnited States · 14 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Fall River in DecemberUnited States · 25 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -0.9°C · 110 mm rain
- Brockton in DecemberUnited States · 44 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -1.6°C · 110 mm rain
- New Bedford in DecemberUnited States · 45 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 0.2°C · 109 mm rain
- Worcester, United States in DecemberUnited States · 58 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -3.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Quincy in DecemberUnited States · 59 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -1.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Newton in DecemberUnited States · 59 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.6°C · 107 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Providence) is explained once on the Providence year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Warwick lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.