High Wind in Newport, Rhode Island

High Wind December 23, 2022 · Newport, Rhode Island

67 mph

Measured gust (58 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

In Tiverton at 627 PM, the Weatherflow mesonet station at Fogland Beach recorded a wind gust to 67 mph. In Newport at 302 PM, the Weatherflow mesonet station at Rose Island recorded a wind gust to 58 mph.

The wider storm

Low pressure deepened rapidly as it tracked through the eastern Great Lakes.

The storm produced damaging southeast to south winds across much of southern New England and minor to moderate coastal flooding the east and south coasts. Two to 3.5 inches of rain fell across much of RI and interior MA.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1064180. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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