High Wind in Block Island, Rhode Island

High Wind January 26, 2023 · Block Island, Rhode Island

62 mph

Measured gust (54 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 108 AM EST, a mesonet station at New Shoreham recorded a wind gust to 62 mph.

The wider storm

A southerly low-level jet ahead of an approaching cold front moved across southeastern New England shortly after midnight on January 26th. A low pressure system tracked northeast along the front from roughly Philadelphia to Boston during the overnight hours, producing some light snow inland but 1 to 2.5 inches of rain and strong/high wind in Rhode Island, southeast Massachusetts, and the adjacent coastal waters.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1070823. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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