Rhode Island

Storms in Rhode Island in 2016

178 events in 37 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Rhode Island in 2016, 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 2016 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
178
Deaths
0
Injuries
1
Damage
$908,000
Episodes
37

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
Thunderstorm Wind4100$155,000
Strong Wind2900$36,000
Heavy Snow2700$105,000
Drought2500
High Wind1701$122,000
Winter Weather1300
Flood1200$305,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Hail300$26,000
Lightning300
Coastal Flood200
Tropical Storm200$160,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2016

February 2016

March 2016

April 2016

June 2016

July 2016

August 2016

September 2016

October 2016

November 2016

December 2016

More

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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.