Storm History: Bristol County, Rhode Island
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Bristol County, Rhode Island: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 241
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $7.1 million
- Episodes
- 211
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind | 48 | 0 | 1 | $93,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 39 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Flood | 31 | 0 | 0 | $6.1 million |
| Strong Wind | 24 | 0 | 0 | $6,000 |
| Flash Flood | 17 | 1 | 0 | $64,000 |
| Winter Storm | 13 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 10 | 0 | 0 | $89,000 |
| Hail | 10 | 0 | 0 | $140,000 |
| Blizzard | 9 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Winter Weather | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $223,000 |
| Tornado | 5 | 0 | 0 | $45,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | $220,000 |
| Drought | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $7,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, March 29, 2010
- Coastal Flood, October 29, 2012
- Tropical Storm, August 22, 2021
- Hail, June 22, 1997
- Heavy Snow, April 1, 1997
- Flood, September 3, 2013
- High Wind, November 13, 2003
- Flash Flood, March 30, 2014
- Tornado, July 23, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2003
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2025
- Flood, August 5, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 25, 2016
- Flood, July 15, 2016
- Blizzard, February 12, 2006
- Hail, August 2, 2006
- High Wind, November 3, 2007
- Tropical Storm, August 28, 2011
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2026
- Flash Flood, September 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2025
- Hail, July 3, 2025
- High Wind, March 7, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 26, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2024
- Flash Flood, January 10, 2024
- Tornado, August 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2023
- High Wind, February 3, 2023
- Coastal Flood, December 23, 2022
- Lightning, August 9, 2022
- Flood, June 13, 2022
- High Wind, February 18, 2022
- Blizzard, January 28, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2022
- Flood, November 12, 2021
- Tropical Storm, August 22, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 16, 2020
- High Wind, November 30, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- Strong Wind, October 10, 2020
- High Wind, September 30, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- High Wind, October 16, 2019
- Flood, July 22, 2019
- Blizzard, March 3, 2019
- High Wind, February 25, 2019
- High Wind, January 30, 2019
- High Wind, January 24, 2019
- Blizzard, March 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2018
- Blizzard, January 4, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2017
- Flood, October 29, 2017
- Tropical Storm, September 20, 2017
- Heavy Snow, March 14, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- High Wind, December 15, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Drought, September 13, 2016
- Tropical Storm, September 5, 2016
- Flood, July 15, 2016
- Heavy Snow, April 4, 2016
- High Wind, April 3, 2016
- Winter Weather, March 21, 2016
- High Wind, March 2, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 25, 2016
- High Wind, February 16, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2016
- Heavy Snow, January 23, 2016
- High Wind, October 29, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2015
- Flood, July 28, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 2015
- Blizzard, January 26, 2015
- Flood, October 22, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2014
- Flash Flood, March 30, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2014
- High Wind, November 27, 2013
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2013
- Flood, September 3, 2013
- Flood, August 9, 2013
- Flood, June 7, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2013
- Blizzard, February 8, 2013
- High Wind, January 31, 2013
- High Wind, December 27, 2012
- High Wind, December 21, 2012
- Coastal Flood, October 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2012
- Tornado, August 10, 2012
- Drought, April 12, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2012
- High Wind, December 27, 2011
- Tropical Storm, August 28, 2011
- High Wind, February 25, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2010
- Flood, March 29, 2010
- Flood, March 13, 2010
- Blizzard, December 19, 2009
- Flood, August 5, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 19, 2008
- Flood, December 12, 2008
- High Wind, October 25, 2008
- Tornado, July 23, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2008
- Flood, March 8, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 5, 2008
- Flood, February 13, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2007
- High Wind, November 3, 2007
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Flood, March 2, 2007
- Flood, October 28, 2006
- Hail, August 2, 2006
- Hail, July 18, 2006
- Flood, June 7, 2006
- Blizzard, February 12, 2006
- Flood, March 28, 2005
- High Wind, March 8, 2005
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2005
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2004
- Hail, July 2, 2004
- Winter Storm, December 5, 2003
- High Wind, November 13, 2003
- Heavy Rain, March 29, 2003
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 5, 2002
- Heavy Rain, September 15, 2002
- Flash Flood, March 30, 2001
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2001
- Strong Wind, February 17, 2001
- Strong Wind, February 10, 2001
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2001
- High Wind, December 17, 2000
- High Wind, December 12, 2000
- Heavy Rain, June 6, 2000
- Heavy Rain, March 11, 2000
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2000
- High Wind, February 14, 2000
- High Wind, November 2, 1999
- Strong Wind, October 14, 1999
- Strong Wind, September 30, 1999
- Flash Flood, September 16, 1999
- Flash Flood, September 10, 1999
- Hail, July 25, 1999
- Heavy Rain, May 23, 1999
- High Wind, March 22, 1999
- Heavy Snow, March 15, 1999
- Strong Wind, March 4, 1999
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 1999
- High Wind, February 2, 1999
- High Wind, January 18, 1999
- Strong Wind, January 15, 1999
- High Wind, January 3, 1999
- Strong Wind, November 26, 1998
- Strong Wind, November 11, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 30, 1998
- Strong Wind, June 27, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 13, 1998
- Heavy Rain, May 9, 1998
- Strong Wind, April 9, 1998
- Heavy Rain, April 1, 1998
- Strong Wind, March 26, 1998
- Strong Wind, March 21, 1998
- Strong Wind, March 12, 1998
- Flood, March 8, 1998
- Strong Wind, February 23, 1998
- Flash Flood, February 18, 1998
- High Wind, February 4, 1998
- Strong Wind, December 14, 1997
- Strong Wind, December 2, 1997
- High Wind, November 27, 1997
- High Wind, November 1, 1997
- High Wind, August 21, 1997
- Strong Wind, July 25, 1997
- Hail, June 22, 1997
- Heavy Snow, April 1, 1997
- Heavy Snow, March 31, 1997
- Strong Wind, March 26, 1997
- High Wind, March 6, 1997
- Winter Weather, January 31, 1997
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 1997
- Coastal Flood, January 10, 1997
- Strong Wind, December 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 1996
- Heavy Rain, October 20, 1996
- Heavy Rain, October 8, 1996
- Strong Wind, October 8, 1996
- Heavy Rain, September 18, 1996
- Heavy Rain, July 13, 1996
- High Wind, July 13, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow, April 9, 1996
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 1996
- Winter Weather, March 3, 1996
- Heavy Snow, March 2, 1996
- High Wind, February 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 1996
- High Wind, January 27, 1996
- High Wind, January 19, 1996
- Flash Flood, January 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 1996
- Hail, August 4, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 1983
- Tornado, September 14, 1972
More
Tornadoes in Bristol CountyEvery warning in Bristol County since 1986Every county in Rhode Island
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.