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Towns with the hottest summers in Rhode Island

Valley Falls has the hottest summers of Rhode Island’s 46 towns of 2,500+: July afternoons average a high of 83° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 82°; none of the 46 average 90° or more.

The average July high. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work

#2

Woonsocket

Providence County · 44,580 people
83°

July high·January low 18°·14 days of 90°+ a year

#3

Cranston

Providence County · 84,647 people
83°

July high·January low 20°·12 days of 90°+ a year

All 46 towns

July high, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 32 towns here).

46 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.

#TownJuly highDays ≥90°January low
1Valley Fallsunincorporated, Providence County · 12,657 people83°1420°average low
2WoonsocketProvidence County · 44,580 people83°1418°average low
3CranstonProvidence County · 84,647 people83°1220°average low
4CumberlandProvidence County · 37,615 people83°1419°average low
T5Cumberland Hillunincorporated, Providence County · 8,648 people83°1419°average low
T5LincolnProvidence County · 23,713 people83°1420°average low
T5North ProvidenceProvidence County · 34,833 people83°1221°average low
T5North SmithfieldProvidence County · 12,990 people83°1418°average low
9SmithfieldProvidence County · 22,625 people83°1419°average low
10Central FallsProvidence County · 23,124 people83°1422°average low
T11East ProvidenceProvidence County · 48,249 people83°1222°average low
T11Greenvilleunincorporated, Providence County · 8,296 people83°419°average low
T11ProvidenceProvidence County · 195,310 people83°1222°average low
T14JohnstonProvidence County · 30,494 people82°1220°average low
T14PawtucketProvidence County · 77,065 people82°1222°average low
16West WarwickKent County · 31,487 people82°2221°average low
17RichmondWashington County · 8,128 people82°920°average low
T18BarringtonBristol County · 16,961 people82°1223°average low
T18BurrillvilleProvidence County · 16,927 people82°418°average low
T20HopkintonWashington County · 8,393 people82°920°average low
T20WarrenBristol County · 11,070 people82°1223°average low
T22CoventryKent County · 36,281 people82°2219°average low
T22East GreenwichKent County · 14,790 people82°2221°average low
T24Pascoagunincorporated, Providence County · 4,410 people82°418°average low
T24WarwickKent County · 84,187 people82°1223°average low
T26GlocesterProvidence County · 10,612 people82°418°average low
T26West GreenwichKent County · 6,750 people82°2220°average low
T28BristolBristol County · 21,970 people82°1323°average low
T28ScituateProvidence County · 10,767 people82°419°average low
30Kingstonunincorporated, Washington County · 7,332 people82°921°average low
T31ExeterWashington County · 6,540 people82°920°average low
T31Tivertonunincorporated, Newport County · 8,091 people82°1323°average low
33PortsmouthNewport County · 17,474 people81°1223°average low
T34FosterProvidence County · 4,628 people81°418°average low
T34North KingstownWashington County · 27,885 people81°923°average low
T34TivertonNewport County · 15,809 people81°1323°average low
T34Wakefield-Peace Daleunincorporated, Washington County · 9,302 people81°922°average low
T38Little ComptonNewport County · 3,535 people81°223°average low
T38WesterlyWashington County · 23,139 people81°323°average low
40MiddletownNewport County · 16,502 people81°223°average low
41JamestownNewport County · 5,480 people81°224°average low
42NewportNewport County · 24,251 people81°224°average low
43Narragansett Pierunincorporated, Washington County · 3,167 people80°924°average low
T44CharlestownWashington County · 8,002 people80°324°average low
T44NarragansettWashington County · 14,291 people80°924°average low
T44South KingstownWashington County · 32,009 people80°924°average low
Quick answers

Questions people ask

Which Rhode Island town has the hottest summers?

Valley Falls (unincorporated, Providence County): July afternoons average a high of 83°. Woonsocket (83°) and Cranston (83°) follow.

How are these towns ranked?

By the average July high (the warmest month’s afternoons), highest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.

Why isn’t my town on this list?

The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (46 in Rhode Island): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the Rhode Island page.

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