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United States › Rhode Island › Bristol County › Climate Station PROVIDENCE T F GREEN AP, RI US Distance 7.6 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Bristol County home comfortable runs roughly $798 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Bristol County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

83.6°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 22.1°F.

Bristol County gets 47.54" of precipitation a year and 36.6" of snow, and 28% of it falls in Oct, Nov, Dec.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 38.3° 22.1° 3.96" 10.3"
February 40.5° 23.5° 3.44" 10.5"
March 47.7° 30.2° 4.90" 6.4"
April 58.9° 39.6° 4.29" 0.6"
May 68.9° 49.2° 3.37" 0.0"
June 77.7° 58.8° 3.81" 0.0"
July 83.6° 65.2° 2.91" 0.0"
August 82.2° 63.9° 3.59" 0.0"
September 74.8° 56.5° 4.17" 0.0"
October 63.8° 45.1° 4.18" 0.2"
November 53.2° 35.8° 4.27" 1.0"
December 43.4° 27.6° 4.65" 7.6"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 28% falling in the wettest three months (Oct, Nov, Dec).

January 3.96"
February 3.44"
March 4.90"
April 4.29"
May 3.37"
June 3.81"
July 2.91"
August 3.59"
September 4.17"
October 4.18"
November 4.27"
December 4.65"
Annual total 47.54"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 812
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 5,478
Approximate annual cooling cost At 29.23¢/kWh, Rhode Island average $237
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $560

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Bristol County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Bristol County?

Bristol County averages a high of 83.6°F in July and a low of 22.1°F in January. Annual precipitation is 47.54 inches, including 36.6 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Bristol County?

The wettest stretch is Oct, Nov, Dec, which accounts for 28% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Bristol County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 83.6°F. That drives 812 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Bristol County?

Yes. Bristol County averages 36.6 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station PROVIDENCE T F GREEN AP, RI US (USW00014765), 7.6 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Rhode Island residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.