Providence, RI

Rhode Island · Records since 1904–2026

☀️ 78°F
Currently in Providence
As of 2:30 PM EDT

Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

100°F

September 11, 1983

+24° from 76° normal

❄ Record Low

38°F

September 11, 1917

-20° from 58° normal
🌞 Normal high: 76°F 🌑 Normal low: 58°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Providence

🔥
104°F
Hottest Day Ever
Aug 2, 1975
❄
-17°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 9, 1934
🌧
6.31"
Wettest Day Ever
Aug 4, 1979
☃
35.5"
Most Snow in One Day
Feb 23, 2026

First & Last Dates — Providence

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
228 days
Longest growing season
1946
154 days
Shortest growing season
1956
198 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 100°F September 11, 1983
2 94°F September 11, 1931
3 92°F September 11, 2013
4 91°F September 11, 1989
5 90°F September 11, 1961
6 88°F September 11, 1947
7 88°F September 11, 1912
8 86°F September 11, 1982
9 86°F September 11, 1945
10 86°F September 11, 1915

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 38°F September 11, 1917
2 42°F September 11, 1995
3 42°F September 11, 1913
4 43°F September 11, 1918
5 44°F September 11, 1980
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1904–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Providence

threshold: 89°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
3.8
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
95°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
15
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
3
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1905–2026
12
2026 so far
10
Avg/year 1970–2025
15
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
30
Most in a year (1983)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Providence

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 27, 2006 – Aug 3, 2006 8 100°F (Aug 2) 93°F 71°F
2 Aug 2, 2022 – Aug 9, 2022 8 98°F (Aug 9) 94°F 72°F
3 Jul 6, 1944 – Jul 13, 1944 8 95°F (Jul 9) 92°F 71°F
4 Aug 11, 1944 – Aug 17, 1944 7 100°F (Aug 11) 98°F 74°F
5 Aug 13, 2002 – Aug 19, 2002 7 98°F (Aug 14) 93°F 73°F
6 Jul 14, 2013 – Jul 20, 2013 7 98°F (Jul 19) 94°F 75°F
7 Aug 9, 1988 – Aug 15, 1988 7 95°F (Aug 13) 93°F 74°F
8 Jul 16, 1991 – Jul 21, 1991 6 102°F (Jul 21) 98°F 70°F
9 Jul 17, 2011 – Jul 22, 2011 6 101°F (Jul 22) 91°F 70°F
10 Jul 16, 1977 – Jul 21, 1977 6 100°F (Jul 19) 96°F 73°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

49
2026 total
above-normal nights
40.3
Avg / summer
1970–2020
61
Most in a summer
2020

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1904–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1904, annual totals have trended +1.35" per decade, about +16.3" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Providence is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

118 of 253 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

29.74"
2026 YTD
Normal: 31.53"
-1.79"
1.00"
September so far
September normal: 4.17"
-3.17"
8
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Providence is 1.79" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Sep 3 – Sep 10, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 8 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
71.1°F
Average temperature
22nd-warmest of 122
+2.2°
vs. average
Normal: 69.0°F (1991–2020)
0.19"
Precipitation
45th-driest of 122
-0.78"
vs. average
Normal: 0.97" · 20% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 3 – Sep 10

1905–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.27° per decade (warming since 1905)

Precipitation by Year — Sep 3 – Sep 10

1905–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.01" per decade (drier since 1905)

Warmest Sep 3 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1983 78.7°F
2 2023 77.6°F
3 1959 74.9°F
4 1971 74.9°F
5 1961 74.6°F
6 2015 73.9°F
7 1999 73.7°F
8 2016 73.5°F
9 1947 72.9°F
10 2020 72.5°F

Coolest Sep 3 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1917 59.5°F
2 1938 61.0°F
3 1924 61.3°F
4 1984 61.4°F
5 1976 61.7°F
6 1994 61.9°F
7 1962 62.0°F
8 1978 62.3°F
9 1949 62.4°F
10 1986 62.4°F

Wettest Sep 3 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 1924 5.26"
2 1907 4.51"
3 2008 4.39"
4 1905 4.14"
5 2011 3.89"
6 2022 3.77"
7 1972 3.30"
8 1999 2.99"
9 1974 2.89"
10 1935 2.88"

Driest Sep 3 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 2009 0.00"
2 2005 0.00"
3 1995 0.00"
4 1990 0.00"
5 1989 0.00"
6 1983 0.00"
7 1982 0.00"
8 1980 0.00"
9 1978 0.00"
10 1965 0.00"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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