2001 PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND (PVD)



The proximity to Narragansett Bay and the Atlantic Ocean plays an important part in determining the climate for Providence and vicinity. In winter, the temperatures are modified considerably, and many major snowstorms change to rain before reaching the area. In summer, many days that could be uncomfortably warm are cooled by refreshing sea breezes. At other times of the year, sea fog may be advected in over land by onshore winds. In fact, most cases of dense fog are produced this way, but the number of such days is few, averaging two or three days per month. In early fall, severe coastal storms of tropical origin sometimes bring destructive winds to this area. Even at other times of the year, it is usually coastal storms which produce the severest weather.

The temperature for the entire year averages around 50 degrees with 70 degree temperatures common from near the end of May to the latter part of September. During this period, there may be several days reaching 90 degrees or more. Temperatures of 100 degrees and more are rare.

Freezing temperatures occur on the average about 125 days per year. They become a common daily occurrence in the latter part of November, and become less frequent near the end of March. The average date for the last freeze in spring is mid–April, while the average date for the first freeze in fall is late October, making the growing season about 195 days in length. Sub–zero weather in winter seldom occurs, averaging less than one day for December and one or two days each for January and February.

Measurable precipitation occurs on about one day out of every three, and is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year. There is usually no definite dry season, but occasionally droughts do occur.

Thunderstorms are responsible for much of the rainfall from May through August. They usually produce heavy, and sometimes even excessive amounts of rainfall. However, since their duration is relatively short, damage is ordinarily light. The thunderstorms of summer are frequently accompanied by extremely gusty winds, which may result in some damage to property.

The first measurable snowfall of winter usually comes toward the end of November, and the last in spring is about the middle of March. Winters with over 50 inches of snow are not common. The area normally receives less than 25 inches. The month of greatest snowfall is usually February, but January and March are close seconds. It is unusual for the ground to remain well covered with snow for any long period of time.

NORMALS, MEANS, AND EXTREMES

PROVIDENCE, RI (PVD)

LATITUDE: LONGITUDE: ELEVATION (FT): TIME ZONE: WBAN: 14765

41 43′ 19″ N  71 25′ 57″ W  GRND:  50  BARO: � 0;53  EASTERN (UTC + 5)

2001 Providence, Rhode Island (PVD)

ELEMENT POR JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR
TEMPERATURE F NORMAL DAILY MAXIMUM 30 36.6 38.3 46.1 57.0 67.3 76.9 82.1 80.7 74.3 64.1 53.0 41.2 59.8
MEAN DAILY MAXIMUM 54 37.0 38.8 46.3 57.7 67.9 77.0 80.7 80.6 73.3 63.5 52.5 41.3 59.7
HIGHEST DAILY MAXIMUM 48 69 72 85 98 95 97 102 104 100 86 78 77 104
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE 1995 1985 1998 1976 1996 1988 1991 1975 1983 1979 1993 1998 AUG 1975
MEAN OF EXTREME MAXS. 54 56.1 56.2 66.7 78.1 85.8 91.1 92.1 91.5 87.1 79.4 69.5 60.4 76.2
NORMAL DAILY MINIMUM 30 19.1 20.9 28.8 37.7 47.3 56.8 63.2 61.9 53.8 43.0 34.9 24.4 41.0
MEAN DAILY MINIMUM 54 20.5 22.1 29.4 38.7 48.0 57.4 62.4 62.2 54.1 43.4 35.2 25.1 41.5
LOWEST DAILY MINIMUM 48 –13 –7 1 14 29 41 0 40 33 20 6 –10 –13
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE 1976 1979 1967 1954 1956 1980 1996 1965 1980 1976 1989 1980 JAN 1976
MEAN OF EXTREME MINS. 54 2.3 4.3 14.0 27.2 36.6 46.2 52.5 50.4 39.2 29.4 20.9 7.4 27.5
NORMAL DRY BULB 30 27.9 29.7 37.4 47.4 57.3 66.9 72.7 71.3 64.1 53.6 44.0 32.8 50.4
MEAN DRY BULB 54 28.6 30.4 37.8 48.2 57.9 67.3 71.5 71.4 63.7 53.4 43.8 33.2 50.6
MEAN WET BULB 17 26.5 28.5 33.9 42.7 52.5 61.6 62.9 62.2 58.8 49.1 40.0 31.2 45.8
MEAN DEW POINT 17 18.7 20.2 25.9 34.9 46.5 57.0 59.1 62.2 54.9 43.6 33.7 24.1 40.1
NORMAL NO. DAYS WITH:
MAXIMUM 90 30 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.8 3.6 2.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
MAXIMUM 32 30 11.6 7.7 1.4 * 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 6.8 27.7
MINIMUM 32 30 28.0 24.2 19.6 5.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 12.7 25.1 119.1
MINIMUM 0 30 1.4 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 2.5
H/C NORMAL HEATING DEG. DAYS 30 1150 988 856 528 246 31 0 8 90 359 630 998 5884
NORMAL COOLING DEG. DAYS 30 0 0 0 0 7 88 239 203 63 6 0 0 606
RH NORMAL (PERCENT) 30 64 63 63 61 67 70 71 72 73 70 69 67 68
HOUR 01 LST 30 69 68 70 71 78 82 83 84 84 80 75 72 76
HOUR 07 LST 30 70 70 71 69 73 76 78 80 82 80 77 74 75
HOUR 13 LST 30 56 54 52 48 53 56 56 56 56 53 57 58 55
HOUR 19 LST 30 63 62 61 59 64 67 68 71 73 71 69 66 66
s PERCENT POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 42 56 58 58 57 58 61 63 62 62 61 50 52 58
W/O MEAN NO. DAYS WITH:
HEAVY FOG(VISBY 1/4 MI) 49 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.5 1.9 1.5 1.7 2.7 2.1 2.0 25.0
THUNDERSTORMS 49 0.2 0.3 0.8 1.3 2.7 3.6 4.2 3.5 1.8 1.0 0.9 0.2 20.5
CLOUDINESS MEAN:
SUNRISE–SUNSET (OKTAS) 42 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.3 5.0 4.9 5.0
MIDNIGHT–MIDNIGHT (OKTAS) 31 4.6 4.5 4.7 4.8 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.2 4.8 4.7 4.7
MEAN NO. DAYS WITH:
CLEAR 42 9.5 8.0 8.4 7.3 6.5 6.6 6.7 8.4 9.4 11.0 8.3 8.3 98.4
PARTLY CLOUDY 42 6.8 7.1 7.7 8.2 9.9 10.3 11.9 10.3 8.1 7.9 6.9 7.8 102.9
CLOUDY 42 14.7 13.2 14.9 14.5 14.6 13.1 12.4 12.3 12.4 12.1 14.9 14.9 164.0
PR MEAN STATION PRESSURE(IN) 29 29.97 29.96 29.93 29.89 29.91 29.89 29.91 29.97 30.00 30.01 29.99 29.98 29.95
MEAN SEA–LEVEL PRES. (IN) 17 30.06 30.04 30.01 29.97 29.97 30.01 29.99 30.02 30.07 30.09 30.07 30.05 30.03
WINDS MEAN SPEED (MPH) 45 10.7 11.3 11.9 11.6 10.4 9.8 9.3 9.0 9.2 9.3 10.1 10.3 10.2
PREVAIL. DIR (TENS OF DEGS) 29 30 30 30 16 16 18 22 23 22 36 30 30 30
MAXIMUM 2–MINUTE:
SPEED (MPH) 6 41 41 46 40 38 38 39 28 34 40 38 41 46
DIR. (TENS OF DEGS) 20 30 29 03 22 36 01 01 02 06 20 27 29
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE 1996 1996 1997 1997 2000 1997 1996 1999 1996 1996 1998 2000 MAR 1997
MAXIMUM 5–SECOND:
SPEED (MPH) 6 56 54 59 51 48 51 51 37 44 47 53 53 59
DIR. (TENS OF DEGS) 21 20 28 03 24 36 01 01 18 05 20 26 28
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE 1997 2000 1997 1997 2000 1997 1996 1999 1999 1996 1998 2000 MAR 1997
PRECIPITATION NORMAL (IN) 30 3.88 3.61 4.05 4.11 3.76 3.33 3.18 3.63 3.48 3.69 4.43 4.38 45.53
MAXIMUM MONTHLY (IN) 48 11.66 7.20 8.84 12.74 8.38 11.08 8.08 11.12 7.92 11.89 11.01 10.75 12.74
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE 1979 1984 1983 1983 1984 1982 1976 1955 1961 1962 1983 1969 APR 1983
MINIMUM MONTHLY (IN) 48 0.50 0.39 0.56 1.48 0.71 0.17 0.82 0.71 0.77 0.40 0.41 0.58 0.17
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE 1970 1987 1981 1966 1964 1999 1999 1984 1959 1994 2001 1955 JUN 1999
MAXIMUM IN 24 HOURS (IN) 48 3.34 3.14 4.53 4.45 5.17 5.03 4.83 6.71 4.89 6.63 4.18 3.85 6.71
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE 1962 1978 1968 1983 1984 1984 1976 1979 1961 1962 1983 1969 AUG 1979
NORMAL NO. DAYS WITH:
PRECIPITATION 0.01 30 10.8 9.8 11.4 10.7 11.4 10.7 8.6 9.4 8.1 8.5 10.7 12.2 122.3
PRECIPITATION 1.00 30 1.1 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.2 12.3
SNOWFALL NORMAL (IN) 30 10.0 10.7 6.0 0.7 0.* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.2 7.2 36.0
MAXIMUM MONTHLY (IN) 47 37.2 30.9 31.6 7.6 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 8.0 19.8 37.2
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE 1996 1962 1956 1982 1977 1979 1989 1963 JAN 1996
MAXIMUM IN 24 HOURS (IN) 47 20.8 27.6 16.9 7.6 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 8.0 11.9 27.6
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE 1996 1978 1960 1982 1977 1979 1989 1981 FEB 1978
MAXIMUM SNOW DEPTH (IN) 52 19 30 20 10 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 12 30
YEAR OF OCCURRENCE 1948 1961 1956 1970 1977 1979 1989 1981 FEB 1961
NORMAL NO. DAYS WITH:
SNOWFALL 1.0 30 2.8 2.6 1.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 2.2 10.0

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PRECIPITATION (inches) 2001 PROVIDENCE, RI (PVD)
YEAR JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1972 1.85 5.19 6.70 3.71 5.73 6.83 4.25 2.98 7.31 4.36 8.45 7.70 65.06
1973 3.06 3.55 2.78 7.16 3.99 3.48 2.92 5.17 3.04 3.17 2.29 7.63 48.24
1974 4.45 3.04 4.51 2.86 2.74 3.28 1.64 3.10 6.15 2.79 1.56 4.54 40.66
1975 6.78 3.29 3.07 2.99 2.06 4.73 3.51 2.19 6.15 4.66 6.29 5.11 50.83
1976 6.38 2.91 3.44 2.00 2.53 1.60 8.08 7.01 1.57 6.52 0.81 3.47 46.32
1977 3.90 2.87 5.62 3.35 3.43 3.92 2.04 2.12 5.60 6.90 3.24 5.85 48.84
1978 9.01 3.20 3.10 2.53 5.27 1.97 2.63 6.46 1.82 3.22 2.61 5.19 47.01
1979 11.66 4.08 2.21 5.12 7.62 1.44 1.65 10.09 4.08 3.94 4.49 1.81 58.19
1980 1.40 1.16 8.11 6.18 1.78 3.85 2.03 1.99 0.90 3.41 3.73 1.57 36.11
1981 0.77 4.79 0.56 4.10 1.92 2.31 3.75 2.65 2.58 3.38 3.20 6.36 36.37
1982 6.09 3.08 3.76 3.64 1.61 11.08 3.51 3.67 3.61 3.08 4.32 1.81 49.26
1983 4.32 4.81 8.84 12.74 4.67 1.91 2.14 2.71 2.16 4.50 11.01 7.71 67.52
1984 2.00 7.20 5.77 4.30 8.38 4.09 5.16 0.71 1.77 4.25 1.95 3.16 48.74
1985 1.18 1.57 3.08 1.65 4.76 4.70 2.88 8.57 1.69 1.78 7.14 1.42 40.42
1986 5.88 3.18 2.86 2.10 2.29 3.27 5.95 3.29 0.97 2.48 5.77 8.09 46.13
1987 4.73 0.39 5.62 6.91 1.80 2.00 1.20 2.58 7.47 2.28 3.40 2.29 40.67
1988 2.69 5.29 4.09 3.11 2.83 0.91 5.73 0.94 2.38 1.77 7.60 1.03 38.37
1989 1.17 2.69 4.13 5.30 6.07 5.84 5.59 6.14 4.75 8.37 4.35 1.66 56.06
1990 5.01 2.93 2.01 5.57 5.70 1.13 3.52 3.74 2.28 4.96 2.45 5.48 44.78
1991 3.44 2.31 6.61 4.80 3.30 0.93 2.76 5.98 5.09 2.65 4.65 3.17 45.69
1992 4.82 2.10 4.04 2.34 1.42 4.61 3.59 6.06 5.09 1.53 5.05 6.83 47.48
1993 2.42 5.06 6.99 5.02 1.12 1.40 2.18 1.23 4.08 3.55 3.35 5.76 42.16
1994 5.53 2.10 7.19 2.07 2.98 2.70 1.34 6.34 4.12 0.40 5.34 4.58 44.69
1995 3.67 3.14 2.03 3.34 2.83 2.89 1.17 1.80 4.06 6.37 4.76 2.18 38.24
1996 5.02 2.19 2.71 4.88 2.44 2.17 5.57 2.19 5.72 6.20 2.38 6.59 48.06
1997 4.27 1.89 4.68 3.25 2.68 2.23 0.96 6.32 0.99 1.80 6.06 2.84 37.97
1998 6.55 5.85 5.86 4.91 6.05 9.61 1.37 2.39 2.30 3.78 2.76 1.27 52.70
1999 6.70 5.45 3.33 1.54 4.25 0.17 0.82 3.25 7.00 4.51 2.85 2.39 42.26
2000 4.19 2.74 5.37 5.06 3.72 4.78 3.64 2.41 3.79 1.31 4.73 4.26 46.00
2001 2.40 1.96 8.78 2.04 3.96 6.72 1.92 4.50 4.40 0.64 0.41 2.46 40.19
POR=97 YRS 3.83 3.30 3.97 3.73 3.29 3.10 3.07 3.70 3.36 3.20 3.76 3.78 42.09

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AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (F) 2001 PROVIDENCE, RI (PVD)
YEAR JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1972 30.8 28.0 36.4 44.3 57.7 64.9 72.6 70.6 65.1 49.6 40.9 34.3 49.6
1973 31.1 29.6 43.7 50.0 56.7 70.3 73.6 75.0 63.4 54.2 43.8 38.3 52.5
1974 31.6 29.0 38.7 50.6 55.6 65.3 72.6 72.6 63.2 48.2 43.7 35.7 50.6
1975 34.1 30.4 35.5 44.5 61.4 66.0 74.3 71.4 61.0 55.3 48.0 32.1 51.2
1976 23.5 35.5 39.0 52.6 58.0 70.0 70.0 70.0 61.6 48.7 37.9 25.4 49.4
1977 20.9 29.8 43.6 50.6 61.2 66.7 74.3 73.0 64.1 52.9 45.9 31.6 51.2
1978 25.1 22.1 33.8 46.7 57.8 68.0 71.7 71.3 59.5 51.5 42.3 33.4 48.6
1979 30.0 19.7 40.4 46.8 60.3 65.1 73.5 70.2 64.0 53.0 48.3 37.3 50.7
1980 29.7 26.8 37.1 49.5 60.3 64.5 74.8 73.4 64.9 49.8 41.0 28.5 50.0
1981 20.3 37.4 38.7 51.4 58.5 69.4 75.6 70.0 62.4 49.1 43.0 31.1 50.6
1982 21.5 31.5 38.8 47.8 58.9 63.9 73.6 69.2 64.1 53.2 47.5 38.6 50.7
1983 31.4 32.9 40.4 49.9 56.9 70.2 76.6 74.3 69.6 55.3 46.0 32.5 53.0
1984 26.4 37.1 33.8 47.6 57.4 69.1 71.5 73.5 62.1 56.3 43.6 37.9 51.4
1985 22.5 32.1 40.8 51.0 60.2 64.8 73.0 71.1 65.2 54.6 45.9 30.4 51.0
1986 31.1 29.0 39.9 49.4 59.4 66.4 71.0 69.3 62.3 53.0 41.6 35.4 50.7
1987 29.0 28.6 39.8 48.4 59.3 68.4 72.2 69.6 64.3 51.4 43.0 35.1 50.8
1988 26.8 31.8 39.4 47.0 58.0 66.9 74.3 75.3 63.0 48.9 45.2 32.4 50.8
1989 33.8 29.9 37.5 46.2 59.3 68.7 72.3 72.1 65.3 54.1 42.5 21.8 50.3
1990 36.3 34.3 40.1 48.1 56.0 67.7 73.0 73.5 63.7 58.6 46.5 39.5 53.1
1991 29.6 35.1 41.3 51.8 63.9 69.3 74.2 73.6 63.1 56.1 45.4 36.3 53.3
1992 31.4 33.0 36.6 46.5 57.6 67.3 70.3 70.1 64.0 51.7 43.0 34.2 50.5
1993 31.4 26.3 35.8 49.6 61.8 69.3 74.5 73.8 65.1 51.5 44.0 33.7 51.4
1994 22.7 25.8 38.8 51.4 56.5 69.4 76.2 69.9 63.0 54.2 48.5 38.4 51.2
1995 36.0 29.4 41.2 48.4 57.3 68.3 75.8 73.5 62.8 57.0 40.7 29.8 51.7
1996 28.7 29.6 35.0 48.3 57.4 68.1 71.0 64.1 52.1 40.0 38.6
1997 29.3 36.5 37.8 47.1 55.4 68.1 73.7 70.6 64.0 51.8 41.0 34.2 50.8
1998 35.1 37.0 41.2 49.8 61.1 66.0 73.5 73.3 66.3 54.1 43.5 38.5 53.3
1999 30.2 34.8 39.9 50.0 59.8 70.5 76.6 72.0 66.5 52.4 47.4 36.8 53.1
2000 27.7 34.0 43.5 47.3 58.5 67.8 70.5 70.2 63.4 53.4 43.4 28.9 50.7
2001 29.0 31.9 36.3 49.1 60.1 70.5 69.9 74.3 64.9 54.2 47.6 39.3 52.3
POR=97 YRS 29.1 29.8 37.9 47.8 58.1 67.1 72.1 71.1 63.8 53.7 43.5 33.0 50.6

REFERENCE NOTES:

PAGE 1:

THE TEMPERATURE GRAPH SHOWS NORMAL MAXIMUM AND NORMAL MINIMUM DAILY TEMPERATURES (SOLID CURVES) AND THE ACTUAL DAILY HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES (VERTICAL BARS).

PAGE 2 AND 3:

H/C INDICATES HEATING AND COOLING DEGREE DAYS.

RH INDICATES RELATIVE HUMIDITY

W/O INDICATES WEATHER AND OBSTRUCTIONS

S INDICATES SUNSHINE.

PR INDICATES PRESSURE.

CLOUDINESS ON PAGE 3 IS THE SUM OF THE CEILOMETER AND SATELLITE DATA NOT TO EXCEED EIGHT EIGHTHS (OKTAS).

GENERAL:

T INDICATES TRACE PRECIPITATION, AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN ZERO BUT LESS THAN THE LOWEST REPORTABLE VALUE.

+ INDICATES THE VALUE ALSO OCCURS ON EARLIER DATES.

BLANK ENTRIES DENOTE MISSING OR UNREPORTED DATA.

NORMALS ARE 30–YEAR AVERAGES (1961–1990).

ASOS INDICATES AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM.

PM INDICATES THE LAST DAY OF THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

POR (PERIOD OF RECORD) BEGINS WITH THE JANUARY DATA MONTH AND IS THE NUMBER OF YEARS USED TO COMPUTE THE MEAN. INDIVIDUAL MONTHS WITHIN THE POR MAY BE MISSING.

WHEN THE POR FOR A NORMAL IS LESS THAN 30 YEARS, THE NORMAL IS PROVISIONAL AND IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF YEARS INDICATED.

0.* OR * INDICATES THE VALUE OR MEAN–DAYS–WITH IS BETWEEN 0.00 AND 0.05.

CLOUDINESS FOR ASOS STATIONS DIFFERS FROM THE NON–ASOS OBSERVATION TAKEN BY A HUMAN OBSERVER. ASOS STATION CLOUDINESS IS BASED ON TIME–AVERAGED CEILOMETER DATA FOR CLOUDS AT OR BELOW 12,000 FEET AND ON SATELLITE DATA FOR CLOUDS ABOVE 12,000 FEET.

THE NUMBER OF DAYS WITH CLEAR, PARTLY CLOUDY, AND CLOUDY CONDITIONS FOR ASOS STATIONS IS THE SUM OF THE CEILOMETER AND SATELLITE DATA FOR THE SUNRISE TO SUNSET PERIOD.

GENERAL CONTINUED:

CLEAR INDICATES 0–2 OKTAS, PARTLY CLOUDY INDICATES 3–6 OKTAS, AND CLOUDY INDICATES 7 OR 8 OKTAS. WHEN AT LEAST ONE OF THE ELEMENTS (CEILOMETER OR SATELLITE) IS MISSING, THE DAILY CLOUDINESS IS NOT COMPUTED.

WIND DIRECTION IS RECORDED IN TENS OF DEGREES (2 DIGITS) CLOCKWISE FROM TRUE NORTH. "00" INDICATES CALM. "36" INDICATES TRUE NORTH.

RESULTANT WIND IS THE VECTOR AVERAGE OF THE SPEED AND DIRECTION.

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS THE SUM OF THE MEAN DAILY MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURE DIVIDED BY 2.

SNOWFALL DATA COMPRISE ALL FORMS OF FROZEN PRECIPITATION, INCLUDING HAIL.

A HEATING (COOLING) DEGREE DAY IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE AND 65 F.

DRY BULB IS THE TEMPERATURE OF THE AMBIENT AIR.

DEW POINT IS THE TEMPERATURE TO WHICH THE AIR MUST BE COOLED TO ACHIEVE 100 PERCENT RELATIVE HUMIDITY.

WET BULB IS THE TEMPERATURE THE AIR WOULD HAVE IF THE MOISTURE CONTENT WAS INCREASED TO 100 PERCENT RELATIVE HUMIDITY.

ON JULY 1, 1996, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BEGAN USING THE "METAR" OBSERVATION CODE THAT WAS ALREADY EMPLOYED BY MOST OTHER NATIONS OF THE WORLD. THE MOST NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE IN THIS ANNUAL PUBLICATION WILL BE THE CHANGE IN UNITS FROM TENTHS TO EIGHTS (OKTAS) FOR REPORTING THE AMOUNT OF SKY COVER.

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HEATING DEGREE DAYS (base 65 F) 2001 PROVIDENCE, RI (PVD)
YEAR JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN TOTAL
1972-73 8 10 64 473 717 945 1044 984 653 451 268 16 5633
1973-74 2 3 125 331 632 819 1028 1003 808 433 313 62 5559
1974-75 0 0 114 512 634 899 951 962 907 606 160 64 5809
1975-76 0 13 132 298 506 1013 1283 850 798 403 223 39 5558
1976-77 2 23 124 501 806 1219 1361 983 653 434 176 51 6333
1977-78 0 6 103 368 568 1030 1231 1192 964 542 238 26 6268
1978-79 8 8 180 412 673 970 1075 1261 755 540 162 52 6096
1979-80 11 25 94 380 496 849 1088 1104 857 459 158 93 5614
1980-81 0 1 120 465 715 1125 1379 769 808 405 228 13 6028
1981-82 0 20 119 486 651 1044 1343 932 802 510 190 91 6188
1982-83 1 26 78 363 518 809 1038 892 755 449 254 13 5196
1983-84 0 4 62 323 563 1001 1190 802 961 513 236 36 5691
1984-85 1 0 125 270 637 832 1309 914 743 417 177 63 5488
1985-86 0 6 78 321 567 1065 1045 999 772 460 216 57 5586
1986-87 14 25 113 380 697 911 1111 1014 772 494 228 23 5782
1987-88 2 25 70 414 653 921 1177 954 787 532 238 67 5840
1988-89 8 10 89 491 587 1003 960 975 847 557 181 22 5730
1989-90 2 9 89 332 668 1329 882 854 761 511 275 24 5736
1990-91 6 0 107 242 549 781 1090 829 726 400 121 29 4880
1991-92 1 0 125 275 581 884 1034 919 876 549 246 27 5517
1992-93 11 4 100 404 652 951 1036 1077 901 455 118 32 5741
1993-94 1 0 102 413 623 966 1307 1092 805 401 263 17 5990
1994-95 0 5 85 326 487 815 892 990 731 493 244 22 5090
1995-96 0 0 111 245 721 1082 1116 1018 921 494 265 18 5991
1996-97 0 4 83 389 743 814 1098 794 836 529 289 77 5656
1997-98 3 2 83 410 713 948 919 776 738 451 149 61 5253
1998-99 0 0 45 329 636 816 1072 837 773 441 172 14 5135
1999-00 1 5 43 384 519 866 1148 892 659 524 219 59 5319
2000-01 2 7 120 355 642 1115 1111 922 883 473 193 15 5838
2001- 3 0 72 334 515 790

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COOLING DEGREE DAYS (base 65 F) 2001 PROVIDENCE, RI (PVD)
YEAR JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1972 0 0 0 1 7 60 248 190 76 1 0 0 583
1973 0 0 0 8 17 181 272 318 84 3 0 0 883
1974 0 0 0 7 27 79 242 244 66 0 1 0 666
1975 0 0 0 0 55 100 300 218 16 4 1 0 694
1976 0 0 0 40 13 196 163 183 33 3 0 0 631
1977 0 0 0 5 68 108 295 260 85 0 0 0 821
1978 0 0 0 0 25 126 224 211 24 0 0 0 610
1979 0 0 0 0 26 59 279 190 74 12 0 0 640
1980 0 0 0 0 21 84 312 272 122 0 0 0 811
1981 0 0 0 2 33 152 335 183 47 0 0 0 752
1982 0 0 0 0 11 64 276 165 59 3 2 0 580
1983 0 0 0 1 8 177 367 298 206 30 0 0 1087
1984 0 0 0 0 6 164 206 272 47 7 0 0 702
1985 0 0 0 5 34 65 256 203 90 5 0 0 658
1986 0 0 0 0 51 105 207 164 38 14 0 0 579
1987 0 0 0 0 57 130 231 177 53 0 0 0 648
1988 0 0 0 0 26 131 302 336 37 2 0 0 834
1989 0 0 0 0 10 141 237 237 103 0 0 0 728
1990 0 0 0 8 1 114 262 272 74 49 2 0 782
1991 0 0 0 12 96 166 295 276 73 8 0 0 926
1992 0 0 0 0 27 103 183 169 75 1 0 0 558
1993 0 0 0 0 26 167 303 281 110 1 1 0 889
1994 0 0 0 0 7 155 352 163 30 0 0 0 707
1995 0 0 0 0 12 128 344 272 53 4 0 0 813
1996 0 0 0 3 36 117 200 65 0 0 0
1997 0 0 0 0 0 177 281 184 63 10 0 0 715
1998 0 0 8 0 36 96 270 266 93 0 0 0 769
1999 0 0 0 0 18 185 366 229 96 0 0 0 894
2000 0 0 0 0 27 147 179 173 77 1 0 0 604
2001 0 0 0 1 48 190 161 293 74 10 0 0 777

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SNOWFALL (inches) 2001 PROVIDENCE, RI (PVD)
YEAR JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN TOTAL
1972-73 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.3 4.1 2.0 3.2 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 11.3
1973-74 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 T T 15.1 11.1 0.4 1.3 0.0 0.0 27.9
1974-75 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.1 2.0 18.2 2.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 25.0
1975-76 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 1.2 7.5 15.6 3.7 9.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 37.5
1976-77 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 9.8 14.0 11.4 4.4 T 7.0 0.0 46.6
1977-78 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 3.9 20.5 28.6 15.9 T 0.0 0.0 70.2
1978-79 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 2.4 6.0 5.5 T 1.1 0.0 0.0 17.3
1979-80 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 0.0 T 0.6 3.8 5.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.2
1980-81 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.1 3.6 12.9 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.5
1981-82 0.0 0.0 0.0 T T 16.4 13.4 4.3 5.7 7.6 0.0 0.0 47.4
1982-83 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.3 3.8 21.3 T T 0.0 0.0 32.4
1983-84 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 4.5 17.9 T 13.7 T 0.0 0.0 36.1
1984-85 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 2.0 9.8 10.0 0.6 T 0.0 0.0 22.4
1985-86 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.6 0.7 13.0 0.5 T T 0.0 18.6
1986-87 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.4 8.0 21.5 4.7 1.6 1.1 0.0 0.0 41.3
1987-88 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.0 7.8 13.5 6.7 2.7 T 0.0 0.0 38.7
1988-89 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 1.2 0.2 7.3 1.9 0.3 0.0 0.0 10.9
1989-90 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.0 15.8 10.8 10.5 9.3 1.8 0.0 0.0 56.2
1990-91 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 24.6
1991-92 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 4.8 2.4 4.9 8.2 2.0 0.0 0.0 22.3
1992-93 0.0 0.0 0.0 T T 3.6 5.4 12.7 17.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 39.7
1993-94 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 10.1 18.0 25.8 9.6 0.0 T 0.0 63.5
1994-95 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.3 3.0 8.4 T 0.1 0.0 0.0 12.5
1995-96 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 37.2
1996-97
1997-98 0.2 1.6 0.1 0.3 T
1998-99 6.5 12.8 12.2 T
1999-00 6.9 6.8 2.6
2000-01 9.7 10.8 10.3 T 0.0 0.0
2001- 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5
POR=43 YRS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.1 6.7 9.6 9.7 7.3 0.7 0.2 0.0 35.4



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