Rhode Island

Storms in Rhode Island in 2010

54 events in 20 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Rhode Island in 2010, 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 2010 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
54
Deaths
1
Injuries
2
Damage
$88 million
Episodes
20

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
Flood1111$88 million
Winter Storm1000$15,000
High Wind900$100,000
Thunderstorm Wind600$77,000
Heat600
Hail300
Strong Wind200$60,000
Lightning200$50,000
Excessive Heat200
Flash Flood100$30,000
Coastal Flood100
Rip Current101

Every episode, month by month

January 2010

February 2010

March 2010

April 2010

May 2010

June 2010

July 2010

August 2010

September 2010

October 2010

November 2010

December 2010

More

Every year in Rhode IslandEvery state in 2010Tornadoes in Rhode Island in 2010Warnings in Rhode Island in 201020092011

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.