Tornadoes · United States · Rhode Island
2020 tornadoes in Rhode Island
No tornado was recorded in Rhode Island in 2020. The state averages 1.3 a year over the 13 years it has any in the record.
What Rhode Island usually sees
The record has 17 tornadoes in Rhode Island since 1950, none of them fatal. Every year in Rhode Island.
Nearby
Every tornado in Rhode Island since 1950Warnings in force in Rhode IslandThe live radar over Rhode Island
What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.