Blizzard in Rhode Island
Every blizzard event the National Weather Service has filed in Rhode Island, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
The most significant on the map
The most significant blizzard episodes in Rhode Island.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 24
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $62,000
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Rhode Island, February 8 to 9, 2013An historic winter storm deposited tremendous amounts of snow over all of southern New England, mainly from the mid-afternoon on Friday, February 8 and lasting into the daylight hours of Saturday, February 9.
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Rhode Island, February 22 to 23, 2026Explosive cyclogenesis of a low pressure center off the Mid Atlantic coast brought a strong winter storm with blizzard conditions to central and eastern Massachusetts as well as Rhode Island on Monday.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Rhode Island, February 12, 2006Low pressure centered off the Virginia coast intensified into a strong Noreaster as it tracked about 75 miles southeast of Nantucket Sunday afternoon, 12 February 2006. This strong Noreaster produced heavy snow and windy conditions across Rhode Island.
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Rhode Island, January 26 to 28, 2015An historic winter storm brought heavy snow to southern New England with blizzard conditions to much of Rhode Island and eastern Massachusetts, beginning during the day on Monday, January 26 and lasting into the early morning hours of Tuesday, January 27.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Rhode Island, March 12 to 13, 2018Low pressure along the Carolina coast March 12 moved up the coast and passed offshore of Southern New England on March 13, moving off through the Maritimes on March 14.
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Rhode Island, December 19 to 20, 2009Low pressure off the mid-Atlantic coast intensified dramatically resulting in widespread snowfall along the northeast corridor of the U.S.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Rhode Island, January 4 to 5, 2018Low pressure moved north from the Florida coast and deepened, passing southeast of Nantucket on Thursday January 4. The storm reached its lowest pressure and strongest pressure gradient as it passed Southern New England.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Rhode Island, January 28 to 29, 2022Explosive cyclogenesis of a low pressure center off the Mid Atlantic coast brought a strong winter storm with blizzard conditions to all of southern New England Saturday and Saturday night.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Rhode Island, March 3 to 4, 2019A storm the developed over the southern states moved up the coast the night of the 3rd and passed offshore of Nantucket the morning of the 4th. The storm then moved off to the northeast. This brought heavy snow to much of Southern New England.
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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.