Rhode Island, Snow and Shatter
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Peak blizzard slams RI with 20+ inches of snow and 50,000 power outages
A powerful blizzard brought heavy snow to Rhode Island on February 23, 2026, with National Weather Service reports showing 20-inch-plus totals in parts of Southern New England, and it cut power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses as visibility dropped in the storm’s heaviest bands.
Millions are in the path of a powerful coastal storm bearing down on the Northeast. See how much snow has fallen in Rhode Island.
The state of Rhode Island remains under a state of emergency, and a travel ban continues, following record snowfall Monday the Ocean State.
Southern New England is hit by the Blizzard of 2026, bringing 2–3 feet of snow, hurricane-force wind gusts, power outages and travel bans.
Forecasters expect widespread totals of 18 to 24 inches across much of the state, with the heaviest bands capable of producing snowfall rates of 2 to 4 inches per hour between roughly 3 a.m. and late Monday morning. Isolated higher totals are possible where bands pivot.