Rhode Island

Storms in Rhode Island in 1996

142 events in 47 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Rhode Island in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Rhode Island in 1996 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

Open the live radar over Rhode Island

The year

Events
142
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
$750,000
Episodes
47

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Heavy Snow4900
High Wind3200
Heavy Rain2400
Strong Wind1300
Flash Flood700
Winter Weather700
Thunderstorm Wind600$750,000
Flood300
Waterspout100

Every episode, month by month

January 1996

February 1996

March 1996

April 1996

May 1996

July 1996

August 1996

September 1996

October 1996

November 1996

December 1996

More

Every year in Rhode IslandEvery state in 1996Tornadoes in Rhode Island in 1996Warnings in Rhode Island in 199619951997

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.