Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Pawtucket (USC00375882), Rhode Island, United States, with 46 years of record.
Key Facts for Pawtucket
Pawtucket (USC00375882) is a weather station in Rhode Island, United States at 41.87 latitude and -71.37 longitude, 30 m (97 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1893 to 1938, 46 years of record.
1,464 records set at Pawtucket still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Pawtucket set a daily record precipitation of 98.6 mm (3.9 in) on 28 June 1938.
About the Station
Location: Rhode Island, United States, 41.87 latitude, -71.37 longitude.
Elevation: 30 m (97 ft).
Period of record: 1893 to 1938, 46 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Pawtucket. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Pawtucket, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
20.0 C (68.0 F)
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
18.9 C (66.0 F)
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
26.7 C (80.1 F)
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
32.8 C (91.0 F)
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
n/a
n/a
May
36.7 C (98.1 F)
-2.2 C (28.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
37.2 C (99.0 F)
5.0 C (41.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
38.3 C (100.9 F)
9.4 C (48.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
36.7 C (98.1 F)
7.8 C (46.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1.1 C (34.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
31.1 C (88.0 F)
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
23.9 C (75.0 F)
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
19.4 C (66.9 F)
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Pawtucket still stand. 1900 holds the most, with 67.
Standing records at Pawtucket by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1893
50
1894
40
1895
54
1896
54
1897
19
1898
47
1899
29
1900
67
1901
27
1902
25
1903
55
1904
48
1905
31
1906
37
1907
29
1908
21
1909
34
1910
18
1911
36
1912
23
1913
29
1914
38
1915
34
1916
32
1917
34
1918
37
1919
28
1920
31
1921
31
1922
16
1923
27
1924
18
1925
33
1926
19
1927
29
1928
24
1929
35
1930
42
1931
17
1932
31
1933
30
1934
25
1935
15
1936
21
1937
24
1938
20
All-Time Record Progression
2 new records
2 all-time records were set at Pawtucket between 17 September 1932 and 9 February 1934. Each dot is a new record.
When Pawtucket set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1932-09-17
Record daily precipitation
Record daily precipitation 171.2 mm (6.7 in)
1934-02-09
Record low minimum temperature
Record low minimum temperature -24.4 C (-11.9 F)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Sep: 171.2 mm (6.7 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Pawtucket. The most was 171.2 mm (6.7 in) on 17 September 1932.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Pawtucket
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
123.2 mm (4.9 in)
27 January 1904
Feb
103.4 mm (4.1 in)
28 February 1902
Mar
93.0 mm (3.7 in)
24 March 1903
Apr
140.0 mm (5.5 in)
30 April 1904
May
86.4 mm (3.4 in)
6 May 1922
Jun
137.2 mm (5.4 in)
11 June 1931
Jul
129.5 mm (5.1 in)
1 July 1915
Aug
127.8 mm (5.0 in)
28 August 1922
Sep
171.2 mm (6.7 in)
17 September 1932
Oct
130.0 mm (5.1 in)
14 October 1895
Nov
108.2 mm (4.3 in)
29 November 1921
Dec
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
6 December 1925
Period of Record Coverage
1893 to 1938
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
46 years of record at Pawtucket, 1893 to 1938. 5 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1897, 1900, 1907, 1908, 1938.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 36 complete years at Pawtucket, 1893 to 1937. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 10.6 C (51.0 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1893, at 8.8 C (47.8 F), and the warmest was 1921, at 12.1 C (53.7 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.8 C (3.2 F).
Annual mean temperature at Pawtucket as warming stripes, 1893 to 1937
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1893
8.8 C
-1.78 C
1894
10.0 C
-0.60 C
1895
9.8 C
-0.81 C
1896
9.9 C
-0.71 C
1898
11.3 C
+0.72 C
1899
10.8 C
+0.18 C
1902
10.4 C
-0.14 C
1903
10.5 C
-0.07 C
1905
10.7 C
+0.17 C
1909
10.7 C
+0.16 C
1911
10.7 C
+0.12 C
1912
10.5 C
-0.07 C
1913
11.7 C
+1.13 C
1914
10.6 C
+0.04 C
1915
11.0 C
+0.39 C
1916
9.8 C
-0.78 C
1917
9.1 C
-1.50 C
1918
10.4 C
-0.13 C
1919
10.3 C
-0.26 C
1920
10.5 C
-0.09 C
1921
12.1 C
+1.49 C
1922
10.8 C
+0.25 C
1923
10.7 C
+0.12 C
1924
10.6 C
+0.02 C
1925
11.2 C
+0.60 C
1926
10.4 C
-0.15 C
1927
11.3 C
+0.75 C
1929
9.9 C
-0.69 C
1930
10.5 C
-0.03 C
1931
11.2 C
+0.58 C
1932
10.7 C
+0.11 C
1933
10.4 C
-0.15 C
1934
10.5 C
-0.08 C
1935
10.6 C
+0.07 C
1936
10.7 C
+0.14 C
1937
11.7 C
+1.16 C
The annual mean temperature here has risen by 0.18 C (0.02 to 0.34) per decade over 1893 to 1937. In Fahrenheit: 0.32 F (0.03 to 0.61) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 36 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Pawtucket
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
0.18 C (0.02 to 0.34) per decade
0.32 F (0.03 to 0.61) per decade
1893 to 1937
36
Rise
Mean daily maximum
0.12 C (-0.05 to 0.29) per decade
0.2 F (-0.1 to 0.5) per decade
1893 to 1937
36
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
0.23 C (0.04 to 0.43) per decade
0.4 F (0.1 to 0.8) per decade
1893 to 1937
36
Rise
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1893 to 1938
Yearly extremes at Pawtucket: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1911
35.0 C (95.0 F)
46
Coldest night (TNn)
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1934
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
46
Wettest day (Rx1day)
171.2 mm (6.7 in)
1932
77.4 mm (3.0 in)
46
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
158.5 mm (6.2 in)
1933
89.9 mm (3.5 in)
46
Longest dry spell (CDD)
39 days
1930
18 days
46
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Pawtucket, 1893 to 1938. The record is 38.3 C (100.9 F) in 1911, marked on the chart; the median year is 35.0 C (95.0 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Pawtucket by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1893
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1894
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1895
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1896
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1897
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1898
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1899
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1900
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1901
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1902
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1903
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1904
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1905
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1906
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1907
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1908
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1909
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1910
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1911
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1912
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1913
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1914
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1915
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1916
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1917
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1918
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1919
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1920
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1921
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1922
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1923
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1924
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1925
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1926
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1927
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1928
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1929
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1930
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1931
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1932
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1933
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1934
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1935
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1936
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1937
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1938
32.8 C (91.0 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Pawtucket, 1893 to 1938. The record is -24.4 C (-11.9 F) in 1934, marked on the chart; the median year is -17.2 C (1.0 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Pawtucket by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1893
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1894
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1895
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1896
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1897
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1898
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1899
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1900
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1901
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1902
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1903
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1904
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1905
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1906
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1907
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1908
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1909
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1910
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1911
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1912
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1913
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1914
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1915
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1916
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1917
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1918
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1919
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1920
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1921
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1922
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1923
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1924
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1925
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1926
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1927
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1928
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1929
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1930
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1931
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1932
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1933
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1934
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1935
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1936
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1937
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
1938
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Pawtucket, 1893 to 1938. The record is 171.2 mm (6.7 in) in 1932, marked on the chart; the median year is 77.4 mm (3.0 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Pawtucket by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1893
59.4 mm (2.3 in)
1894
63.2 mm (2.5 in)
1895
130.0 mm (5.1 in)
1896
66.8 mm (2.6 in)
1897
68.1 mm (2.7 in)
1898
105.7 mm (4.2 in)
1899
153.7 mm (6.1 in)
1900
88.4 mm (3.5 in)
1901
68.8 mm (2.7 in)
1902
103.4 mm (4.1 in)
1903
93.0 mm (3.7 in)
1904
140.0 mm (5.5 in)
1905
146.6 mm (5.8 in)
1906
84.3 mm (3.3 in)
1907
59.4 mm (2.3 in)
1908
56.4 mm (2.2 in)
1909
78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1910
54.9 mm (2.2 in)
1911
62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1912
66.3 mm (2.6 in)
1913
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1914
56.4 mm (2.2 in)
1915
129.5 mm (5.1 in)
1916
83.1 mm (3.3 in)
1917
91.7 mm (3.6 in)
1918
61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1919
64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1920
79.2 mm (3.1 in)
1921
108.2 mm (4.3 in)
1922
127.8 mm (5.0 in)
1923
76.7 mm (3.0 in)
1924
135.6 mm (5.3 in)
1925
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1926
67.6 mm (2.7 in)
1927
70.4 mm (2.8 in)
1928
59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1929
60.7 mm (2.4 in)
1930
62.7 mm (2.5 in)
1931
137.2 mm (5.4 in)
1932
171.2 mm (6.7 in)
1933
146.8 mm (5.8 in)
1934
53.1 mm (2.1 in)
1935
75.7 mm (3.0 in)
1936
97.8 mm (3.9 in)
1937
83.6 mm (3.3 in)
1938
98.6 mm (3.9 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Pawtucket, 1893 to 1938. The record is 158.5 mm (6.2 in) in 1933, marked on the chart; the median year is 89.9 mm (3.5 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Pawtucket by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1893
87.1 mm (3.4 in)
1894
73.9 mm (2.9 in)
1895
134.1 mm (5.3 in)
1896
101.9 mm (4.0 in)
1897
82.8 mm (3.3 in)
1898
108.2 mm (4.3 in)
1899
90.6 mm (3.6 in)
1900
89.2 mm (3.5 in)
1901
69.1 mm (2.7 in)
1902
116.1 mm (4.6 in)
1903
31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1904
153.4 mm (6.0 in)
1905
70.1 mm (2.8 in)
1906
91.4 mm (3.6 in)
1907
128.5 mm (5.1 in)
1908
67.1 mm (2.6 in)
1909
82.3 mm (3.2 in)
1910
64.0 mm (2.5 in)
1911
98.4 mm (3.9 in)
1912
85.6 mm (3.4 in)
1913
104.7 mm (4.1 in)
1914
65.0 mm (2.6 in)
1915
140.4 mm (5.5 in)
1916
92.9 mm (3.7 in)
1917
74.4 mm (2.9 in)
1918
70.1 mm (2.8 in)
1919
117.1 mm (4.6 in)
1920
85.6 mm (3.4 in)
1921
155.2 mm (6.1 in)
1922
146.3 mm (5.8 in)
1923
92.2 mm (3.6 in)
1924
136.1 mm (5.4 in)
1925
79.8 mm (3.1 in)
1926
60.9 mm (2.4 in)
1927
111.2 mm (4.4 in)
1928
88.2 mm (3.5 in)
1929
102.2 mm (4.0 in)
1930
62.7 mm (2.5 in)
1931
140.5 mm (5.5 in)
1932
86.1 mm (3.4 in)
1933
158.5 mm (6.2 in)
1934
73.4 mm (2.9 in)
1935
88.4 mm (3.5 in)
1936
128.6 mm (5.1 in)
1937
83.6 mm (3.3 in)
1938
133.7 mm (5.3 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Pawtucket, 1893 to 1938. The record is 39 days in 1930, marked on the chart; the median year is 18 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Pawtucket by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1893
20 days
1894
18 days
1895
21 days
1896
12 days
1897
15 days
1898
12 days
1899
16 days
1900
21 days
1901
23 days
1902
14 days
1903
10 days
1904
17 days
1905
10 days
1906
12 days
1907
17 days
1908
22 days
1909
13 days
1910
29 days
1911
22 days
1912
25 days
1913
18 days
1914
23 days
1915
24 days
1916
13 days
1917
23 days
1918
19 days
1919
19 days
1920
22 days
1921
19 days
1922
25 days
1923
21 days
1924
34 days
1925
16 days
1926
13 days
1927
15 days
1928
11 days
1929
15 days
1930
39 days
1931
15 days
1932
14 days
1933
14 days
1934
17 days
1935
18 days
1936
31 days
1937
12 days
1938
10 days
Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
36 years with a frost
Across 36 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Pawtucket falls on 10 April and the median first autumn frost on 31 October, which leaves a median of 205 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +1.7 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Pawtucket
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1902 to 1937)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
10 April
n/a
10 April
n/a
+0.8 days per decade
First autumn frost
31 October
n/a
1 November
n/a
+2.4 days per decade
Growing days
205 days
n/a
205 days
n/a
+1.7 days per decade
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
30 years, 1893 to 1937
A day with at least 76.1 mm (3.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 207.7 mm (8.2 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Pawtucket: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
76.1 mm (3.0 in)
5 years
101.8 mm (4.0 in)
10 years
122.1 mm (4.8 in)
25 years
152.2 mm (6.0 in)
50 years
178.2 mm (7.0 in)
Longer than the 30 years of record
100 years
207.7 mm (8.2 in)
Longer than the 30 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 30 years of values from 1893 to 1937.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 146.8 mm (5.8 in) in 1933; 140.0 mm (5.5 in) in 1904; 137.2 mm (5.4 in) in 1931.
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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.