High Wind in Block Island, Rhode Island

High Wind October 27, 2018 · Block Island, Rhode Island

43 mph

Measured sustained (37 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 914 AM EDT, sustained winds of 40 mph were recorded at the Block Island Jetty mesonet and at 1104 AM EDT, sustained winds of 43 mph were recorded there.

The wider storm

Low pressure from the Gulf of Mexico moved up the East Coast on October 27th and 28th, bringing rain and strong winds to mainly the eastern half of southern New England.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 787848. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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