Blizzard in Block Island, Rhode Island

Blizzard January 4, 2018 – January 5, 2018 · Block Island, Rhode Island

What the National Weather Service wrote

Blizzard conditions were observed at Block Island State Airport from 830 AM to 1205 PM. Eleven inches of snow fell on Block Island.

The wider storm

Low pressure moved north from the Florida coast and deepened, passing southeast of Nantucket on Thursday January 4. The storm reached its lowest pressure and strongest pressure gradient as it passed Southern New England. This brought heavy snow and damaging winds to Rhode Island, and caused blizzard conditions at Block Island and near-blizzard conditions at other locations in the state. The storm moved off through the Maritimes on January 5.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 733111. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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