Heat, Eastern Kent
- When
- December 7, 12:00 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Kent forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 41.673, -71.579 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Rhode Island, December 7, 1998
Unseasonably warm temperatures occurred throughout much of the state. High pressure over the western Atlantic generated an unusually warm westerly wind flow.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.
Unseasonably warm temperatures occurred throughout much of the state. High pressure over the western Atlantic generated an unusually warm westerly wind flow. A new record high temperature for the month of December of 77 degrees was established for Providence at T.F. Green Airport in West Warwick. The previous record was 71 degrees which was set just 3 days earlier on December 4. The high of 77 degrees also shattered the previous record high for the date, which was 63 degrees set in 1932.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike and Dense Fog in Arizona, December 7 to 15, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 7, 1998
- Heat in Maine, December 7, 1998
- Heat in New Hampshire, December 7, 1998
- Heat in Massachusetts, December 7, 1998
- Flooding in Kansas, December 7 to 9, 1998
- High Wind in Wyoming, December 7, 1998
- Blizzard in Montana, December 7 to 8, 1998
- Heat in Vermont, December 7, 1998
- Heat in Vermont, December 7, 1998
- Heat in Vermont, December 7, 1998
- Heat in New York, December 7, 1998
More
Every storm in Rhode Island in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Rhode Island, December 1998
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5677762.