Middletown, RI Weather Forecast
Newport County, Rhode Island
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Middletown, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in this afternoon
It is 45° with a dew point of 40°, which is dry for this time of year. The sky is mostly cloudy. The air is close to calm.
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 49°. Tomorrow reaches 56°, 6° 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
37–56°F across the weekThe week runs between 37° 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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Middletown, RI at a glance
Middletown is home to about 16,588 people in Newport County, across 13 square miles. It ranks 22nd by population of 38 places in Rhode Island with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Newport, 4 miles away.
- County
- Newport County
- Population
- 16,588 2023 est.
- Land area
- 13 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,306
- Forecast point
- 41.5202°N, 71.2802°W
How well can the network see Middletown?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBOX (Boston, MA), to the NNE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,900 ft above Middletown. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Middletown show up clearly. Middletown is closer to its radar than 69% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KOQU (N Kingston/Quonset Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Middletown
- Newport, RI4 mi
- Jamestown, RI5 mi
- Portsmouth, RI5 mi
- Little Compton, RI6 mi
- Tiverton, RI8 mi
- North Kingstown, RI9 mi
- Bristol, RI11 mi
- Westport, MA11 mi
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