Storms in Rhode Island in 2023
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Rhode Island in 2023, 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 2023 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
The year
- Events
- 83
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $335,000
- Episodes
- 17
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | 28 | 0 | 2 | $3,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 21 | 1 | 0 | $11,000 |
| Flood | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 7 | 0 | 0 | $6,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 3 | 0 | 1 | $307,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Rip Current | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2023
February 2023
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Rhode Island, February 3, 2023
- Heavy Snow in Rhode Island, February 27 to 28, 2023
April 2023
June 2023
- Hail in Rhode Island, June 2, 2023
- Lightning Strike in Rhode Island, June 17, 2023
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Rhode Island, June 27, 2023
July 2023
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Rhode Island, July 4, 2023
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Rhode Island, July 10, 2023
- Flash Flooding in Rhode Island, July 16, 2023
- Damaging Winds and Rip Currents in Rhode Island, July 27, 2023
- Damaging Winds in Rhode Island, July 29, 2023
August 2023
September 2023
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Rhode Island, September 10, 2023
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Rhode Island, September 11, 2023
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Rhode Island, September 13, 2023
December 2023
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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.