TABLE C-1 



TEl'-IPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION 



AT PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND 



(I90I1 - 1951;) 



Annual 



50.6 



102 



-17 



39.61; 58.57 



29.50 



C-3. P.mJOFF AMD STREAi'I FLOW 



Records of the strea;-,! flow for the four river basins in the Narra- 

 gansett Pay area have been obtained by the U, S, Geological Survey for 

 various periods of time since February 1929. The largest basin is the 

 Taunton River I^asin with a drainage area of 550 square miles, including 

 TiJatappa Pond. The next largest is the Blackstone River Basin with a 

 539 square mile watershed. The Pawtuxet River Basin has a drainage 

 area of 230 square miles, and the Woonasquatucket and I'oshassuck drain 

 a combined area of 76,1 square niles at their confluence, in the center 

 of Providence. A summary of the stream flow at 11 U,S,G,S, gaging 

 stations is contained in Table C-2, 



C-2 



