#1Westerly
Washington County · 23,139 people8 days a year with an inch or more·Groton station, 20 km
Westerly, #1 on this list · Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Rhode Island rankings · Climate
Towns with the least snow in Rhode Island
Westerly gets the least snow of Rhode Island’s 38 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 24 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Scituate gets the most, about 62 inches; 4 of the 38 average under 30 inches.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at each town’s nearest station with a snow record (named in each row). A described list: no letters. How grades work
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#T2Jamestown
Newport County · 5,480 people8 days a year with an inch or more·Newport Rose station, 3 km
#T2Middletown
Newport County · 16,502 people8 days a year with an inch or more·Newport Rose station, 6 km
All 38 towns
Snow in a normal winter, least first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 36 towns here share a station).
38 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
#TownSnow a yearDays with 1″+NOAA station
A station’s normal can differ from the town’s own when the station sits higher or lower; each town’s Climate page names its station and checks it.
Quick answers
Questions people ask
What part of Rhode Island gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Westerly (Washington County, about 24 in), Jamestown (Newport County, about 26 in), Middletown (Newport County, about 26 in), on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals at each town’s station.
Which Rhode Island town gets the most snow?
Scituate (Providence County), about 62 inches in a normal winter at the N Foster 1 E station. See the snowiest towns.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents (38 in Rhode Island) whose nearest station has a snow normal of an inch or more; 0 have no station with a snow record. Smaller towns show their snow on their own Climate page.
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