Rhode Island Storm Data: Hail & Wind History Since 2010
Deduplicated storm activity for Rhode Island, fused from NWS warnings, storm reports, official records, and FEMA declarations.
Latest Rhode Island hail and wind storms
- Last reported hail in Rhode Island (0.75 in.+, screening): none in the last 12 months.
- 2026 so far in Rhode Island: no hail days and 8 wind days statewide (days with a storm report or station gust at the screening thresholds; warnings alone never count).
| Date | Largest reported hail | Strongest gust | City pages hit |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 26, 2026 | — | 71 mph measured | Providence, Cranston, Warwick |
| September 25, 2026 | — | 54 mph measured | — |
| July 4, 2026 | — | 48 mph measured | — |
| May 30, 2026 | — | 58 mph measured | Providence, Cranston, Warwick |
| March 17, 2026 | — | 63 mph measured | Providence, Cranston, Warwick |
| March 16, 2026 | — | 53 mph measured | Providence, Cranston, Warwick |
| February 23, 2026 | — | 74 mph measured | Providence, Cranston, Warwick |
| February 22, 2026 | — | 52 mph measured | Providence, Cranston, Warwick |
| December 30, 2025 | — | 58 mph measured | Providence, Cranston, Warwick |
| December 19, 2025 | — | 81 mph measured | Providence, Cranston, Warwick |
Rhode Island storm facts
- StormAuditor's analysis of NOAA and National Weather Service records found 115 deduplicated storm events (wind, hail, tornado, and flood; NWS warning products included) in Rhode Island in the 12 months ending October 21, 2026.
- Storm activity touched 5 of 5 Rhode Island counties over that period.
- The most impacted county in Rhode Island was Washington, with 41 events.
- The busiest day by event count in Rhode Island was February 23, 2026, with 16 events.
Rhode Island storm activity at a glance (last 12 months)
StormAuditor's consolidated public record currently shows 115 storm events impacting 5 of Rhode Island's 5 counties in the trailing 12 months: 65 wind events, 9 hail events, 41 flood events. Every count includes NWS warnings as well as observed reports, so tornado events mean tornado warnings and reports, not confirmed tornadoes.
Events are fused from National Weather Service warnings and Special Weather Statements, observed Local Storm Reports, official NCEI storm records, and FEMA disaster declarations, then consolidated into a single event table under the published methodology.
Wind covers thunderstorm and non-thunderstorm wind alike, so these counts measure something different from the NCEI entry counts in the history section below; the two are not comparable year to year. State totals also count NWS Special Weather Statements (radar-indicated hail or gusts below warning level); city pages leave those out.
Busiest days in Rhode Island by event count
Ranked by the number of 12-month events, NWS warnings included, so a day with many warnings can outrank a day with larger hail.
- February 23, 2026 — 16 events incl. warnings (wind)
- September 13, 2026 — 10 events incl. warnings (flood)
- September 26, 2026 — 9 events incl. warnings (flood, wind)
- August 3, 2026 — 8 events incl. warnings (flood)
- December 19, 2025 — 8 events incl. warnings (wind)
Most impacted counties
Events of every type for each county — wind, hail, tornado and flood, NWS warnings and Special Weather Statements included. City pages count wind and hail events only, so a county number on a city page is never higher than the number here.
- Washington — 41 events
- Kent — 23 events
- Providence — 19 events
- Newport — 18 events
- Bristol — 9 events
Additional activity recorded under other NWS area names (forecast zones, tribal lands, and former census areas): Block Island (1).
How these numbers are counted
The storm numbers on this page are counted in four different ways, plus the free address check. Each answers a different question with its own size cutoffs, area and time span, so compare numbers within one group, not across groups.
- Storm days (latest hail and wind): A day in the last 12 months when at least one report anywhere in Rhode Island showed hail 0.75 in. or larger or wind of 45 mph or more (StormAuditor screening thresholds). Reports are NWS storm reports from spotters, the public and officials, plus weather-station gusts, which count from 50 mph. A warning on its own never makes a storm day. The "City pages hit" column and each city's last reported hail apply the same rule within 25 miles of the city. The statewide columns count reports inside Rhode Island only. City pages count reports within 25 miles of each city, which can reach into a neighboring state; those values name the other state, so a border city's value for a day can be higher than the Rhode Island value.
- Storm-date pages (NWS severe): A storm-date page is published only when at least one report or station gust within 25 miles of a city met the National Weather Service severe criteria (hail 1.00 in. or larger, or wind 58 mph or more), at least two separate observations were logged, and the day ranks among the most significant. A storm report that relays an airport weather station's reading (the same station, the same gust and the same time) counts once, as the station reading. Not every storm day gets a page; when one does, the page and the storm-day table show the same largest hail and strongest gust.
- Events (12-month counts): Events count the Rhode Island storm log: NWS warnings and Special Weather Statements (a lower-level NWS alert), storm reports (wind 50 mph+, hail 0.75 in.+), station gusts, NCEI entries and FEMA disaster declarations, for each county affected, floods included. One event is one place on one day, counted separately for each type (wind, hail, tornado, flood). A weather station or storm-report point counts once a day, at that day's highest reading, however many readings it filed; a place with hail and wind on the same day is two events. NWS warnings and Special Weather Statements count once per county per day, and NCEI entries and FEMA declarations once per place per day. A storm report that relays an airport weather station's reading (the same station, the same gust and the same time) counts once, as the station reading. The same report arriving through another feed (SPC or NCEI) is one record. The most impacted counties list uses this count. City pages count only wind and hail within 25 miles and leave out floods and Special Weather Statements, so city counts do not add up to the state total, and a city page's county count is a wind-and-hail count that is never higher than the same county's number here.
- NOAA history (since 2010): The official NOAA storm record (NCEI Storm Events) in Rhode Island from January 1, 2010 to the day before the 12-month window starts: hail 0.50 in.+, thunderstorm wind 40 mph+ and tornadoes. It is a separate, older record with its own "storm days" (days with any entry), so its counts are not compared with the 12-month numbers.
- Free Report Snapshot: A free YES/NO estimate for one address, from radar and wind analysis at the property rather than area reports, at the same screening thresholds: hail 0.75 in. or wind 45 mph.
Full method: Methodology and Data Sources.
Rhode Island hail and wind history in NOAA NCEI records, 2010–Oct. 2025
This section covers January 1, 2010 through October 20, 2025. Storms from October 21, 2025 on are in the 12-month summary above, so no date is counted in both.
Wind is the more common entry — 250 thunderstorm wind reports to 58 hail reports. In all: 324 NCEI Storm Events entries in Rhode Island, spread over 90 storm days.
The largest hail in these records for Rhode Island was 2.00 in. (hen-egg size), reported on July 18, 2012 in Providence County. Hail of 2 inches or more appears in only one year of this record, 2012. Measured thunderstorm gusts topped out at 83 mph (Washington County, August 4, 2015). NCEI also lists 16 tornado entries in Rhode Island — one entry per county a tornado crossed.
Hail and wind both peak in July, the month with 41% of the hail reports. December through February accounts for 2 storm days.
Storm days ranged from 1 in 2013 to 11 in 2016. Across 2022–2024, Rhode Island averaged 6.3 storm days a year, above the 15-year average of 5.7. The latest five full years (2020–2024) averaged 6.8 storm days, up from 4.0 in 2010–2014.
- Average: 5.7 storm days a year (2010–2024)
- June and July: 59% of all hail reports
- Most hail reports in one year: 12 in 2012
- Hail of 1 in. or larger reported in 10 of 15 full years (2010–2024)
| Year | Hail reports | Thunderstorm wind reports | Tornado entries | Storm days | Largest hail | Strongest measured gust |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1.00 in. | 58 mph |
| 2011 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1.00 in. | 60 mph |
| 2012 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 2.00 in. | 61 mph |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 in. | — |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.00 in. | 58 mph |
| 2015 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1.00 in. | 83 mph |
| 2016 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 11 | 0.88 in. | 76 mph |
| 2017 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0.75 in. | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| 2019 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 1.75 in. | 59 mph |
| 2020 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 1.25 in. | 75 mph |
| 2021 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 0.75 in. | 62 mph |
| 2022 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| 2023 | 4 | 42 | 6 | 8 | 1.00 in. | 62 mph |
| 2024 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 1.50 in. | — |
| 2025 through Oct. 20 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1.00 in. | 64 mph |
Counties with the most NCEI storm reports, 2010–Oct. 2025
| County | All entries | Hail | Thunderstorm wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence County | 170 | 28 | 132 |
| Kent County | 63 | 7 | 56 |
| Washington County | 62 | 17 | 40 |
| Newport County | 16 | 4 | 11 |
| Bristol County | 13 | 2 | 11 |
Download this history: CSV · JSON at https://www.stormauditor.com/downloads/storm-history/ri.json (free, open license, cite StormAuditor).
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (thunderstorm wind, hail, and tornado entries; hail 0.50 in. or larger, wind 40 mph or more; wind converted from knots).
Rhode Island storm history questions, 2010–Oct. 2025
What is the largest hail reported in Rhode Island, 2010–Oct. 2025?
2.00 in., hen-egg size, reported on July 18, 2012 in Providence County, per NCEI.
What was Rhode Island's most active storm year, 2010–Oct. 2025?
2016, with 11 storm days (3 hail reports, 41 thunderstorm wind reports). The 15-year average is 5.7 storm days.
How often does Rhode Island get hail?
NCEI's records average 3.8 hail reports a year here over 2010–2024, alongside 16 thunderstorm wind reports. Hail of 1 inch or larger was reported in 10 of those 15 years.
When is hail season in Rhode Island?
July has the most hail reports (24, 2010–Oct. 2025), followed by June (10) and August (9).
How strong were measured thunderstorm winds in Rhode Island, 2010–Oct. 2025?
83 mph, measured on August 4, 2015 in Washington County. Only gusts NCEI lists as measured count here; gusts measured on a date and county with a tornado entry, and entries of 120 knots or more (known entry errors), are left out.
Working storm claims? Roofing contractors, public adjusters, and insurance adjusters work from this same public storm record with statewide hail and wind maps and per-address reports — see StormAuditor for professionals.
Sources: NWS alerts (api.weather.gov) · NWS Local Storm Reports via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet · ASOS/AWOS station gusts via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet · NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database · every StormAuditor data source.
Download the Rhode Island dataset (free)
The full consolidated Rhode Island event list for the trailing 12 months — dates, counties, hazard types, severities, measured gusts and hail sizes, with coordinates; source records deduplicated, and each NWS warning product listed per affected county — downloads free and stays current with the live record: download CSV · JSON at https://www.stormauditor.com/downloads/storm-data/ri.json. Free to reuse under the data license; the JSON file carries a field dictionary and provenance notes.
Research a specific Rhode Island address
Statewide counts tell you where activity concentrated; they do not tell you what happened at one property. For an individual address:
- Run the Free Report Snapshot — an instant YES/NO against StormAuditor's screening thresholds (wind ≥ 45 mph, hail ≥ 0.75 in., deliberately below the official NWS severe criteria).
- Use the Address Lookup for warnings, storm reports, and station observations at the address.
- Buy a full Weather Report for $2.99 covering every qualifying storm date at the address.
Browse day-by-day activity on the Storm Calendar (Pro plans and higher) or compare states on the Storm Data hub.
All values are derived from public NOAA and NWS data under StormAuditor's published methodology (see Limitations). Data last refreshed October 21, 2026.
See where recent storms tracked on the statewide Rhode Island hail map and wind map (the Hail and Wind Explorers, included with Pro+ and Organization plans), or check the county impact heatmap (free with an account).
Rhode Island cities A–Z: last reported hail
- Cranston hail & wind history — no 0.75 in.+ hail reported within 25 miles in 12 months
- Providence hail & wind history — no 0.75 in.+ hail reported within 25 miles in 12 months
- Warwick hail & wind history — no 0.75 in.+ hail reported within 25 miles in 12 months
Neighboring states: Connecticut storm data · Massachusetts storm data
Guides for reading this data
Storm-day records in Rhode Island
The newest storm-date pages for Rhode Island cities: a report or station gust within 25 miles of the city met NWS severe criteria (hail 1.00 in.+ or wind 58 mph+), with at least two separate observations. Each page lists the reports, station gusts and a free way to check one address:
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