Blizzard — Block Island, Rhode Island

2022-01-28 to 2022-01-29 · Block Island, Rhode Island

Event narrative

The Block Island Airport ASOS (KBID) reported blizzard conditions from 705 AM EST to 142 PM EST. The strongest gust was 72 mph at the Block Island Jetty at 1022 PM EST. Snowfall amounts were around 10 inches. The Block Island CO-OP reported 10.4 inches.

Wider weather episode

Explosive 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. The storm tracked from east of the Carolinas to the 70w/40n benchmark bringing extreme snowfall rates of 2 to 4 inches per hour and winds gusting to hurricane force along the coast and 50 to 60 mph inland. The heaviest snow, just under 30 inches, fell over southeast MA, and in RI up to 2 feet fell. Snow tapered off overnight Saturday with quiet weather to follow on Sunday.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1002835. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.