High Wind — Bristol, Rhode Island

2023-02-03 · Bristol, Rhode Island

Event narrative

Winds were gusting to around 60 mph just off the coast of Barrington. In Barrington at 6 PM EST, a large tree was down on Fireside Drive. Also in Barrington, at 805 PM EST a tree was down on Riverside Drive and a tree and wires were down on Rosedale Avenue.

Wider weather episode

A major Arctic cold front blasted through southern New England on the morning of March 3rd. It was followed by a few rounds of strong and locally damaging wind gusts. Temperatures plunged to 10 to 20 below zero on the morning of March 4th. The -10F reading at Boston's Logan Airport was the coldest there since 1957. There were numerous instances of burst pipes due to the cold across the region, but it is impossible to quantify dollar damage. Wind chill indices reached 30 to 40 below zero across southern New England.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1080733. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.