Pawtucket weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Pawtucket, Rhode Island: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Rhode Island T.f. Green International Airport, 18 km from Pawtucket; records cover 1904–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 47.5 in1208 mm
- Snow a year
- 37 in93 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 11
- First fall freeze
- Oct 30
- Heating degree days
- 5,478
- Cooling degree days
- 812
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 6°−14° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Pawtucket in January
Highs average 38°3° and lows 22°−5°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation and 10 in26 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2020)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 1079
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Pawtucket in February
Highs average 41°5° and lows 24°−5°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation and 11 in27 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1981)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (1934)
- Heating degree days
- 924
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Pawtucket in March
Highs average 48°9° and lows 30°−1°, with 4.9 in124 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1945)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 808
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Pawtucket in April
Highs average 59°15° and lows 40°4°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1976)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 475
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Pawtucket in May
Highs average 69°21° and lows 49°10°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2010)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 212
- Cooling degree days
- 28
Pawtucket in June
Highs average 78°25° and lows 59°15°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2025)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 39
- Cooling degree days
- 136
Pawtucket in July
Highs average 84°29° and lows 65°18°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1991)
- Record low
- 48°9° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 293
Pawtucket in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 64°18°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1975)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 252
Pawtucket in September
Highs average 75°24° and lows 57°14°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1983)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 71
- Cooling degree days
- 91
Pawtucket in OctoberThis month
Highs average 64°18° and lows 45°7°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1946)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 336
- Cooling degree days
- 9
Pawtucket in November
Highs average 53°12° and lows 36°2°, with 4.3 in108 mm of precipitation and 1 in2.5 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1950)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 615
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Pawtucket in December
Highs average 43°6° and lows 28°−2°, with 4.7 in118 mm of precipitation and 8 in19 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1998)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 914
- Cooling degree days
- 0