Temperature
59 F at 7 AM; 64 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 47 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 59F
- 7 AM
- Highest
- 64F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 47F
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Rhode Island/Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport
Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport, Rhode Island
Large airport in Kent County, Rhode Island58°
69°/47°
Overcast·
Feels like 58°·Gentle breeze 12 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 12 PM, the chance peaking at 58% around 9 PM.
Now. Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport is 58° and overcast at 8 AM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the south at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is possible tomorrow (31%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:03 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:51 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
29Air quality
81%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
58feels58
10%
Today
Oct 16
6947
96%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5344
31%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5535
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5939
10%
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
6245
15%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
6146
17mph
Thu
Oct 22
5945
15mph
58°
69°47°
53°44°
55°35°
59°39°
62°45°
61°46°
59°45°
As of 8:00 AM in Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport, Rhode Island.
Air quality
The air at Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport
Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Providence (RI), 7 miles off.
29Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good5.4 mi
- Ozone25Good28 ppb8.4 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide2Good2.4 ppb8.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb8.4 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm8.4 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.
GoodModerate
- 31YesterdayOct 15
- 39TodayOct 16
- 31SatOct 17
- 28SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.11in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PVD
- ICAO
- KPVD
- IATA
- PVD
- Field elevation
- 55 ft
- Serves
- Providence/Warwick
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PVD
- Wind now
- From 170° at 14 mph, read 16 Oct, 07:51
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 8,700 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 32° / 212° | 10 mph head, on 23 | 9 mph from the left |
| 16 / 34 | 6,081 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 142° / 322° | 12 mph head, on 16 | 7 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Providence/Green (PVD), Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 53 F, the air 80% saturated; the humidity ran from 35% at 3 PM Thursday to 89% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 53F
- 7 AM
- Humidity now
- 80%
- Humidity, range
- 35 to 89%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the south at 8 AM; at its strongest 18 mph, 9 AM Thursday, with a gust of 29 mph at 9 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 18mph
- 9 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 29mph
- 9 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.96 inHg at 8 AM, falling 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.25 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.96inHg
- 8 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.07inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.25inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,100 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,100ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,100ft
- 7 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 19
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- 0.00in
- 7 AM
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Providence/Green: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/62 ft/7 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.4 mi away/2 ft/53 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Kingston 1 NW54796
At a climate reference station/17.3 mi away/115 ft/60 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Warwick 2.4 NRI-KN-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/38 ft/17 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/7.4 mi away/2 ft/53 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Rhode Island
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Warwickcity, 2 mi
- Cranstoncity, 4 mi
- East Greenwichtown, 5 mi
- East Providencecity, 7 mi
- Providencecity, 7 mi
- Bristoltown, 9 mi
- Narragansett Bayfeature, 9 mi
- Pawtucketcity, 11 mi
- Central Fallscity, 11 mi
- Greenvillecommunity, 12 mi
- Tivertoncommunity, 13 mi
- Valley Fallscommunity, 13 mi
Airports near Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport
- Quonset State AirportOQU, 9 mi
- North Central State AirportSFZ, 14 mi
- Newport State AirportUUU, 15 mi
- Westerly State AirportWST, 32 mi
- Block Island State AirportBID, 39 mi