West Warwick, RI Weather Forecast
Kent County, Rhode Island
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for West Warwick, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in this afternoon
It is 41° with a dew point of 36°, which is dry for this time of year. The sky is mostly cloudy. The air is close to calm.
The wind turns to the northeast around 3 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 0.81 in.
The overnight low settles near 42°. Tomorrow reaches 55°, 11° 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
31–58°F across the weekThe week runs between 30° and 55°, 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%. 5 of the 7 days stay dry.
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West Warwick, RI at a glance
West Warwick is home to about 31,151 people in Kent County, across 7.8 square miles. It ranks 11th by population of 38 places in Rhode Island with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is East Greenwich, 3 miles away.
- County
- Kent County
- Population
- 31,151 2023 est.
- Land area
- 7.8 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,977
- Forecast point
- 41.6796°N, 71.5211°W
How well can the network see West Warwick?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBOX (Boston, MA), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,600 ft above West Warwick. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over West Warwick show up clearly. West Warwick is closer to its radar than 74% 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 West Warwick
- East Greenwich, RI3 mi
- Warwick, RI5 mi
- Cranston, RI6 mi
- Coventry, RI7 mi
- West Greenwich, RI8 mi
- North Kingstown, RI8 mi
- Exeter, RI9 mi
- Johnston, RI10 mi
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