High Wind in Block Island, Rhode Island

High Wind December 11, 2021 · Block Island, Rhode Island

63 mph

Measured gust (55 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 552 PM EST, a mesonet station at the Block Island Jetty recorded a wind gust to 63 mph.

The wider storm

Gusty southwest winds occurred in the afternoon out ahead of an approaching cold front.

Then, a fine line of showers along a cold front caused locally damaging wind gusts during the evening. The strong westerly gusts continued for a couple of hours behind the front.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 994439. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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