Bristol, RI Weather Forecast
Bristol County, Rhode Island
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Bristol, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in this afternoon
It is 49° with a dew point of 43°, which is dry for this time of year. The sky is mostly cloudy. The air is close to calm.
The wind turns to the east-northeast around 2 AM. The first rain arrives between 3 PM and 4 PM, with the best chance of it around 9 PM. That leaves a usable window outdoors until about 3 PM, and it closes quickly after that.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
A long wet stretch ahead
Wet weather moves in around 3 PM. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 0.78 in.
The overnight low settles near 48°. Tomorrow reaches 56°, 7° warmer than today. It also gets muggier, so tomorrow will feel warmer than the number on its own suggests.
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
36–57°F across the weekThe week runs between 36° and 56°, with tomorrow the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Friday is the wettest day, peaking near 100%. 4 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Bristol, RI at a glance
Bristol is home to about 22,069 people in Bristol County, across 9.8 square miles. It ranks 19th by population of 38 places in Rhode Island with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Warren, 3 miles away.
- County
- Bristol County
- Population
- 22,069 2023 est.
- Land area
- 9.8 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,254
- Forecast point
- 41.6757°N, 71.2733°W
How well can the network see Bristol?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBOX (Boston, MA), to the NNE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,200 ft above Bristol. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Bristol show up clearly. Bristol is closer to its radar than 84% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KPVD (Providence/Green Mem). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Bristol
- Warren, RI3 mi
- Barrington, RI5 mi
- Portsmouth, RI6 mi
- Swansea, MA6 mi
- Tiverton, RI7 mi
- Somerset, MA7 mi
- Warwick, RI8 mi
- East Providence, RI10 mi
Elsewhere in Rhode Island
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