Warwick climate — normals and trends
Warwick (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 1,102 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Warwick averages 99 frost days, 17 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 119 rainy days per year.
Warwick has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 107 to 91 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 2 August 1975) and the coldest -27.7 °C (on 13 February 1967).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
WarwickRhode Island
- coords
- 41.70°, -71.42°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.5°C
Average daily high
14.9°C
Average daily low
6.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,102mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
24.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
99 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
17 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
119 d/yr
Annual snowfall
86.7 cm
Average feels-like high
13.2 °C
Average feels-like low
3.5 °C
Average peak gust
40.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
22 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
39.1 °C
2 August 1975
Coldest day
-27.7 °C
13 February 1967
Wettest day
109 mm
21 September 1961
Windiest day
59.2 km/h
12 September 1960
Strongest gust
140.8 km/h
27 September 1985
Hottest feels-like
44.0 °C
27 August 1948
Coldest feels-like
-33.2 °C
13 February 1967
Snowiest day
37.8 cm
4 February 1961
Sunniest day
14.7 h
12 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.8 °C | -0.4 °C | 48 mm | -46 mm |
| Feb | 3.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 76 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 10.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 111 mm | +8 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 96 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 19.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 159 mm | +68 mm |
| Jun | 25.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 49 mm | -33 mm |
| Jul | 28.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 101 mm | +19 mm |
| Aug | 26.1 °C | -0.4 °C | 58 mm | -37 mm |
| Sep | 23.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 64 mm | -23 mm |
| Oct | 17.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 94 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | 10.3 °C | -0.4 °C | 54 mm | -44 mm |
| Dec | 3.2 °C | -1.5 °C | 85 mm | -17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Warwick?
Warwick has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 1,102 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Warwick?
The hottest day measured in Warwick between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1975, reaching 39.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Warwick?
The coldest day measured in Warwick between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1967, at -27.7 °C.
Does it snow in Warwick?
Yes. Warwick gets on average 86.7 cm of snow per year and has around 99 frost days.
Has the climate of Warwick warmed?
Yes: Warwick warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Warwick?
The wettest day measured in Warwick between 1940 and 2025 was 21 September 1961, with 109 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Warwick?
The windiest day measured in Warwick between 1940 and 2025 was 12 September 1960, with winds reaching 59.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Warwick?
The warmest month in Warwick is July (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Warwick?
Warwick receives on average 1,102 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 119 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Warwick?
Warwick gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Warwick?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Warwick between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1961, with 37.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Warwick?
Yes: Warwick has on average 22 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Warwick?
In Warwick, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.0 °C on 27 August 1948, and the lowest was -33.2 °C on 13 February 1967.
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