Coventry, RI Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Coventry's primary NOAA station, COVENTRY 2.
The climate verdict for Coventry
Water is the standout signal in Coventry, Rhode Island: 52.0 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 51°F. Its climate comfort score of 56/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 36% of station-mapped location scores.
- 51°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 56/100
- comfort score, above 36% of station-mapped location scores
- 52.0"
- yearly precipitation total
- 181 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Coventry: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00371875 · Coventry, RI 51°F mean · 52.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 51°F
- RANK-MID #2,882
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Poughkeepsie Du…
- PRCP-WET 52.0"
- SWING-WIDE 47°F
- COMF-MID 56/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,987 HDD
- STN-1 USC00371875
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Poughkeepsie Dutchess County, NY (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every RI station list.
- Coventry (this station) 51°F
- Hot Brighton, CO 51°F
- Near Poughkeepsie Du…, NY 51°F
- Near Poughkeepsie, NY 51°F
- Near Mansfield Lahm, OH 51°F
Climate Living Index · Coventry
Coventry: 46/100 · grade D
Coventry publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Coventry, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 56/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 142 calendar days | 52/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 181 days/year | 51/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 50.5°F · 17.0° from 67.5°F | 43/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 52.0 in · 17.0 from 35 in | 40/100 · D |
Coventry · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Coventry is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 27.4°F and warmest-month mean 74.3°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 74.3°F
- Coldest month
- 27.4°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Coventry sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Coventry's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 42nd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 15% wettest
- Coventry's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 68th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Coventry compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Coventry's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
56 36th percentile score exceeds 36% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F (2°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 4.5" | 26.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 39°F (4°C) | 20°F (-6°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 3.5" | 23.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 47°F (8°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 5.0" | 25.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 61°F (16°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 4.7" | 10.1 | 0.0 |
| May | 71°F (22°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.6" | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| June | 80°F (26°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 4.1" | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| July | 85°F (29°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 74°F (24°C) | 3.2" | 0.0 | 11.4 |
| August | 82°F (28°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 4.3" | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| September | 74°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| October | 62°F (17°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 5.3" | 3.6 | 0.0 |
| November | 52°F (11°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 4.4" | 18.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 42°F (5°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 5.5" | 27.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 14, short of 90°F on every date, while 142 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 18°F near January 18.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 5, then returns to freezing around November 16, covering 142 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
The widest day
April 21 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Coventry.
Where Coventry Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 52 inches.
Coventry earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Coventry spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 22% of the annual total and December through February 26%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Coventry has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 46.9°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 5.5" and July 3.2". The three wettest months together take 30% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 20
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 22
50% probability date
Growing Season
181 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,987
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
750
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside RI closest to Coventry on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (51°F here).
- Chenoa, IL 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Columbus, NE 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Coos Bay, OR 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Crook, CO 51°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (52.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Beaver Dam, KY 52.0" · 0.0" off
- Warsaw, NC 52.0" · 0.0" off
- Williamsburg, KY 52.0" · 0.0" off
- Winter Haven, FL 52.0" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Coventry's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Coventry's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,987 annual heating degree days against 750 for cooling. Its 46.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Coventry's frost-free season lasts about 181 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Coventry's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 46.9°F. The annual average is 51°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Coventry carries 52.0 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Coventry's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Coventry, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Coventry's primary station: COVENTRY 2 (USC00371875). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Coventry; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Coventry comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.