Winter Storm in Block Island, Rhode Island

Winter Storm January 7, 2017 – January 8, 2017 · Block Island, Rhode Island

What the National Weather Service wrote

Fourteen to sixteen inches of snow fell on Block Island during the day and evening. Conditions briefly approached blizzard criteria between 356 PM and 421 PM.

The wider storm

Low pressure, the second in three days, developed along the coast of the Carolinas the night of January 6 and moved up the coast to bring snow and wind to Southern New England on January 7.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 674149. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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