Melville, Rhode Island Weather
Melville, Rhode Island — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Melville, Newport County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Melville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Melville is published on the Newport State Airport (KUUU) page, 6 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Melville have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Melville: Quonset State Airport (KOQU) 11 km · Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (KPVD) 19 km · Taunton Municipal King Field (KTAN) 39 km · North Central State Airport (KSFZ) 41 km · Westerly State Airport (KWST) 51 km
Conditions reported at KUUU describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Melville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Melville.
About Melville, Rhode Island
Melville, a quiet corner of Newport County, Rhode Island, unfolds across a landscape shaped by the slow persistence of water and wind. It lies 10.3 miles south-west of Fall River, MA (from Fall River, MA: bearing 220°T), and is situated 6.9 miles north-north-east of Newport. Here, the land swells with a gentle, rolling character, its contours softened by centuries of cultivation and the salty kiss of the nearby Atlantic. Scattered woodlands, their branches often bowed under the weight of sea mist, give way to open fields where the grasses seem to perpetually lean towards the coast. The air itself carries a subtle dampness, a perpetual reminder of the surrounding waterways, and in the fading light, a pearlescent sheen can settle upon the fields, lending an ethereal quality to the ordinary. The history of Melville is intrinsically linked to the agricultural bounty of its fertile soil and the strategic importance of its proximity to the sea. Once a region of farms and homesteads, its economy has shifted, now finding a steady pulse in the maritime industries and the burgeoning tourism that draws visitors to the wider Newport area. Though it lacks the grand estates of its more famous neighbors, Melville retains a distinct character, a sense of quiet endurance that speaks of generations who understood the rhythms of the tide and the land. The old stone walls, still marking the boundaries of long-vanished fields, stand as silent witnesses to a past woven into the very fabric of this coastal Rhode Island locality.
Live animated radar for Melville and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Melville, Newport County, Rhode Island |
| Coordinates | 41.587046°N, 71.283383°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 02871 |
| Area Code | 401 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Melville, Rhode Island Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Melville, Rhode Island, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Melville includes coordinates 41.587046°N, 71.283383°W, situated in Newport County. ZIP code 02871. Telephone area code: 401. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
