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The climate of Rhode Island (United States of America)
The state of Rhode Island is located in the northeastern part of the United States. Despite its name, most of Rhode Island is located on the mainland of the United States. However, several islands can be found in the state. The official name of the state is The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. However, this name is hardly ever used. Despite its location on the Atlantic Ocean Rhode Island has a continental climate with warm and wet summers and cold winters. Rhode Island gets 1,100-1,200 millimeters of annual precipitation. Precipitation is quite evenly spread out over the year. During the winter most precipitation falls in the form of snow. Although long term average precipitation figures show a stable pattern there may be large differences in precipitation figures. During some months precipitation figures are much lower. During the summer when depressions are supplied from the south large amounts of rain may fall in a relatively short period of time. During the winter when dry air is

Climate information of places in Rhode Island
The climate information given on this page is only brief. Specific information on weather and climate can be found on the pages per region or city. The following climate information is available for Rhode Island:

Climate information
Throughout Rhode Island several climate figures and temperatures can be recorded. The figures below are for Providence and cannot be seen as an average for this state. For climate figures for other places and regions in Rhode Island please, visit the individual climate pages.

	average  maximum temperature (°C)	average minimum temperature (°C)	average hours of sunshine per day	average days with precipitation per month	average mm precipitation per month	average sea temperature (°C)
January	2	-7	6	11		6
February	3	-7	6	10		4
March	8	-2	7	11		4
April	14	3	8	11		6
May	20	9	8	11		10
June	25	14	9	11		15
July	28	17	9	9		20
August	27	17	8	10		21
September	23	12	8	9		19
October	18	6	7	8		15
November	11	2	5	11		12
December	5	-4	5	12		9
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate tables are useful but they don’t give an overall picture of the climate and possible weather conditions during a period of time. How high the chances are of hot or cold weather or hurricanes can often not be found in these tables. This is why we offer extra climate information per month. The figures below apply to Rhode Island. For climate figures on specific regions and places please, visit the relevant individual climate pages.

	chance of (very) hot weather	chance of (very) cool weather	chance of long-term precipitation	chance of hurricanes (cyclones)	chance of sunny days	UV-index
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