Rhode Island, 1999

Heat in Rhode Island, September 7 to 9, 1999

September 7 to 9, 1999 · NWS BOX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

F. Green State Airport in Warwick.

Where it happened

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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.

Record warm minimum temperatures were set at T.F. Green State Airport in Warwick. The low temperature of 73 degrees on the 7th broke the previous record of 71 degrees set in 1983. The low temperatures of 72 degrees on both the 8th and 9th broke the records of 70 degrees in 1936, and 70 degrees in 1992, respectively.

The radar

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Event by event

1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Eastern Kent

When
September 7, 12:00 AM EST to September 9, 11:59 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)

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

More

Every storm in Rhode Island in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Rhode Island, September 1999

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: 5722155.