Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Cumberland, RI. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 4 in Cumberland sits in that classic New England in-between zone — average highs of 54° with lows still dipping to 36° at night. There's nearly a coin-flip chance of rain (46%), though snow is almost off the table at just 2%. The date has swung wildly in the past, from a balmy 73° in 2010 to a bitter 23° low in 2016.
Cumberland's weather has real teeth — the thermometer has hit both 101° (July 2010) and -11° (February 2016), a 112-degree swing over the station's history. A single October day in 2005 dropped 6.8 inches of rain, and the Blizzard of '78 buried the town under 30 inches of snow on February 7th.
Summer is the sweet spot, with highs peaking around 86° the third week of July before gradually easing into a pleasant fall. Winter bottoms out in late January with average highs barely scraping 36°. If rain is your concern, December is the wettest stretch of the year, averaging over an inch just in the second week of the month.