Rhode Island

Storms in Rhode Island in 2020

94 events in 27 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Rhode Island in 2020, 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 2020 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
94
Deaths
0
Injuries
1
Damage
$294,000
Episodes
27

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 Wind2200$12,000
High Wind2201$82,000
Thunderstorm Wind2100$129,000
Tropical Storm800$32,000
Heavy Snow800$500
Flood700$3,000
Hail200
Winter Weather200$700
Flash Flood200$34,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2020

February 2020

March 2020

April 2020

May 2020

June 2020

July 2020

August 2020

September 2020

October 2020

November 2020

December 2020

More

Every year in Rhode IslandEvery state in 2020Tornadoes in Rhode Island in 2020Warnings in Rhode Island in 202020192021

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.