High Wind in Block Island, Rhode Island

High Wind November 30, 2020 · Block Island, Rhode Island

66 mph

Measured gust (57 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A CWOP station in New Shoreham recorded a wind gust to 58 mph at 136 PM EST and then a gust to 66 mph at 236 PM EST. At 256 PM EST, the AWOS at Block Island Airport (KBID) recorded a gust to 54 mph.

The wider storm

Strong low pressure passed well to the west of southern New England, with strong to damaging southerly winds across our region. In addition, 2.00 to 3.75 inches of rain fell across most of the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 926631. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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