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Excessive Heat in Block Island, Rhode Island
Excessive Heat June 22, 2025 – June 25, 2025 · Block Island, Rhode Island
What the National Weather Service wrote
The closest climate site at T.F. Green Airport (KPVD) beat both its daily record and it's all time June high temperature record with 100F. Three beachgoers were taken to the hospital with heat related injuries in Narragansett.
The wider storm
Very hot and humid weather occurred in southern New England over the course of 4 days, peaking on Tuesday June 24th when heat index values reached 105 to 110. All four climate sites easily set daily records, and Providence and Boston set all time June high temperature records. There were reports of several dozen people treated for heat related illnesses, mostly at local beaches. Three recruits at the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy in Stow were hospitalized Wednesday morning after falling ill due to the extreme temperatures. Winds turning off the ocean finally broke the heat by June 26th.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1256852. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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