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Melville, Rhode Island Weather

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Melville weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Melville, RI
Thursday, June 4 at 3:03 AM
60
°
Clear
Feels like
56°
Humidity
61%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
5:12 AM
Sunset
8:14 PM
Melville, RI
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastMelville, RI: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 58 to 81 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 58°H 81°
Melville, RI
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Partly Cloudy
    80°50°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    81°58°+1°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    87°57°+6°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    22%
    79°60°-8°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Heavy Drizzle
    67%
    0.07″
    79°56°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    26%
    72°54°-7°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Partly Cloudy
    75°51°+3°
Melville, RI
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
201° · veering 10°
Direction
SSW
201°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
15
mph
Peak 24h
19
avg 7
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 7 · pk 19 @ 8:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2912SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 10° from the ssw.
Melville, RI
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1019.1
-0.2 mb in 3h · steady · 30.09 inHg
Now
1019.1
mb
3h
-0.2
mb
12h
+0.4
mb
24h
+1.2
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10191021
10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1020.81019.11020.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Melville, RI
Air quality
66
AQI
Good
+18 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 50 now. AQI up 18 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 12 by mid-afternoon.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
8.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
12μg/m³
NO₂Good
7μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
105μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 50 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 12 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 50
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 12

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.8 µg/m³, PM10 at 12.3 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.72
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Melville, RI
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
58.5mi
UNLIMITED
157 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
03:03 UTC ·Melville, RI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
03:03 UTC ·Melville, RI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Melville, RI
Satellite · infrared · animated
Melville, RI
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Melville, RI
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
8:40 AM
Sunrise
5:12 AM
Daylight
15h 02m
Sunset
8:14 PM
Civil dusk
12:48 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Melville, RI
The moon
Waning Gibbous
87% illuminated
Moonrise
3:17 AM
Moonset
12:39 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Melville, RI
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies rise from the lawn

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Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

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Melville at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 13°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 25 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Melville

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.