Rhode Island

Storms in Rhode Island in 2017

68 events in 20 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Rhode Island in 2017, 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 2017 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
68
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
$162,000
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
Winter Storm2000
High Wind1300$16,000
Winter Weather900
Strong Wind800$16,000
Flood500$65,000
Thunderstorm Wind500$12,000
Heavy Snow400$50,000
Flash Flood200$2,000
Tropical Storm100$2,000
Hail100

Every episode, month by month

January 2017

February 2017

March 2017

July 2017

August 2017

September 2017

October 2017

November 2017

December 2017

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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.