Your nature year
Providence, Rhode Islandthrough the year
Also for Fall River, MA, Cranston, RI, Warwick, RI, Pawtucket, RI, Taunton, MA, East Providence, RI, Attleboro, MA, North Attleborough Town, MA, Bridgewater Town, MA: the same nearby places.
When do frost, green-up and fall color come to Providence?
Within 150 miles we follow 13 places, out to White Mountain National Forest 150 miles to the north. For a day trip, Assabet River Refuge is 40 miles off; its fall foliage is usually at its best Oct 11–20. Frost usually lets go around Apr 11 and comes back around Oct 30, according to the Providence weather station (7 mi): roughly 202 days without it. Leaves usually come out around Apr 2 and the first flowers around May 3. At roughly 40 feet, Providence is about as low as towns get.
Updated Sep 27. Sources: US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) ↗ (opens in a new tab), US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 ↗ (opens in a new tab), NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Providence's year at a glance
- Frost possible
- Frost-free, ~Apr 11 to ~Oct 30
- First leaf ~Apr 2
- First bloom ~May 3
- Today
Near Providence right now
- First fall frost usually around Oct 30 · last spring frost around Apr 11NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Providence (7 mi, 50% dates)~5 weeks
- Fall foliage · Assabet River Refuge · 40 miusually Oct 11–20~13 days
Providence's nature year
- Spring green-upApr
- Last spring frostApr
- First fall frostOct
- Fall foliage · Assabet River RefugeOct
Nearby, season by season
Fall foliage
- Assabet River Refuge · 40 miusually Oct 11–20~13 days
- McKinney Refuge · 67 miusually Oct 11–31~13 days
- Fort River Division · 69 miusually Oct 11–20~13 days
Snow in Providence
Snow usually becomes possible around Dec 13 (our calculation from NOAA's daily snow chances: the first day the chance of 0.1" or more of snow reaches 10%). NOAA's normals at Providence (7 mi away): 37 inches of snow in an average year, about 9.8 days with 1 inch or more.
NOAA's chance of at least 0.1 inch of snow on each date (one value per week, September to May), averaged over 1991–2020. A typical year, not a forecast.
Frost and green-up
Last spring frost
Apr 11
Average (50% date)
First fall frost
Oct 30
About 202 days without frost between
Spring green-up
Apr 2
First bloom around May 3
Frost: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals at Providence (7 mi from Providence), the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not. Green-up: the USA-NPN Spring Index, 1991–2020 average at the town.
Questions people ask
When is the first frost in Providence?
On average around Oct 30, and the last spring frost around Apr 11: about 202 days without frost between. These are NOAA's 1991–2020 normals at Providence, 7 miles away (the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not).
When does spring green-up reach Providence?
The USA-NPN Spring Index puts first leaf around Apr 2 and first bloom around May 3, on average for 1991–2020 at the town.
Where can I see fall foliage near Providence?
Assabet River Refuge, 40 miles (usually Oct 11–20); McKinney Refuge, 67 miles (usually Oct 11–31); Fort River Division, 69 miles (usually Oct 11–20). Distances are straight-line.
When does it start snowing in Providence?
Snow usually becomes possible around Dec 13: our calculation from NOAA's daily snow chances: the first day the chance of 0.1" or more of snow reaches 10%, at Providence. An average year brings 37 inches (NOAA 1991–2020). A typical year, not a forecast.Sources: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal snowfall) ↗ (opens in a new tab), NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (daily snowfall probabilities) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
How we know
US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · USA National Phenology Network, Spring Index 1991–2020 averages (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27)