Your evening Rhode Island weather update A typical May Day pattern is settling in across Rhode Island today, with mild temperatures giving way to scattered showers as we move through your Friday afternoon and evening. Right now we're sitting at a comfortable 58 degrees, but temperatures will climb into the low 60s by late afternoon, peaking around 62 degrees near 6 P.M. Those clouds rolling in from the west are bringing our next round of showers, starting as early as 7 A.M.