Carolina weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Carolina, Rhode Island: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Kingston, 10 km from Carolina; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 53.1 in1350 mm
- Snow a year
- 35 in88 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 6
- First fall freeze
- Oct 9
- Heating degree days
- 5,572
- Cooling degree days
- 659
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 2°−17° (heating, 99%) and 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Carolina in January
Highs average 40°5° and lows 21°−6°, with 4.2 in108 mm of precipitation and 10 in25 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 69°21° (2020)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 1069
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Carolina in February
Highs average 43°6° and lows 22°−6°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation and 10 in25 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2023)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1934)
- Heating degree days
- 917
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Carolina in March
Highs average 49°10° and lows 28°−2°, with 5.6 in142 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1945)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 815
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Carolina in April
Highs average 60°15° and lows 37°3°, with 4.9 in124 mm of precipitation and 1.1 in2.8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2023)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 500
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Carolina in May
Highs average 70°21° and lows 47°8°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2010)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1911)
- Heating degree days
- 232
- Cooling degree days
- 20
Carolina in June
Highs average 78°26° and lows 56°13°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2025)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 48
- Cooling degree days
- 107
Carolina in July
Highs average 83°29° and lows 62°17°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2011)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 238
Carolina in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 60°16°, with 4.3 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1975)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1940)
- Heating degree days
- 8
- Cooling degree days
- 205
Carolina in September
Highs average 76°24° and lows 53°12°, with 4.4 in111 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1953)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1957)
- Heating degree days
- 90
- Cooling degree days
- 78
Carolina in OctoberThis month
Highs average 65°18° and lows 42°6°, with 5 in126 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1927)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1940)
- Heating degree days
- 356
- Cooling degree days
- 9
Carolina in November
Highs average 55°13° and lows 34°1°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2020)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 626
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Carolina in December
Highs average 45°7° and lows 26°−3°, with 5.3 in135 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1998)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 907
- Cooling degree days
- 0