Winter Storm in Block Island, Rhode Island

Winter Storm March 13, 2018 · Block Island, Rhode Island

What the National Weather Service wrote

From seven to eight inches of snow fell on Block Island.

The wider storm

Low pressure along the Carolina coast March 12 moved up the coast and passed offshore of Southern New England on March 13, moving off through the Maritimes on March 14. The storm brought snow accumulations of up to two feet in Northern Rhode Island and up to one foot in Southern Rhode Island. The storm also brought wind gusts of up to fifty miles per hour to coastal Rhode Island. Blizzard conditions were observed at Newport State Airport in Middletown.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 744847. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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