Rhode Island snowfall Monday matched annual average- Nau Weather News Feb 24 report- Extreme Precipitation series at Heating Planet blog

The Blizzard of 2026 broke the record for total snowfall in Rhode Island. Monday's snowfall nearly matched Providence's annual average of 36.6 inches, which the city will likely surpass on Monday alone. Photos and videos from Providence show the severity of conditions amid Monday's snowstorm. 

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The impact of the blizzard in Providence began Sunday night and continued overnight and into Monday. By 1 p.m., the storm had dumped 32.8 inches of snow at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport, according to the National Weather Service, surpassing the previous record of 28.6 inches that fell there during the Blizzard of 1978.

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Earlier today at DIYH on a Heating Planet blog

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