Rhode Island

Storms in Rhode Island in 2000

87 events in 35 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Rhode Island in 2000, 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 2000 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
87
Deaths
0
Injuries
2
Damage
$68,000
Episodes
35

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
Strong Wind3000$8,000
Heavy Snow1300
High Wind1102
Hail1000$15,000
Thunderstorm Wind600
Heavy Rain500
Lightning400$45,000
Flash Flood200
Cold/Wind Chill200
Winter Weather200
Excessive Heat100
Tornado100

Every episode, month by month

January 2000

February 2000

March 2000

April 2000

May 2000

June 2000

July 2000

August 2000

September 2000

October 2000

November 2000

December 2000

More

Every year in Rhode IslandEvery state in 2000Tornadoes in Rhode Island in 2000Warnings in Rhode Island in 200019992001

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.