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Snowiest towns in Rhode Island

Coventry gets the most snow of Rhode Island’s 38 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 62 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Westerly gets the least, about 24 inches; 4 of the 38 average 60 inches or more.

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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Coventry

Kent County · 36,281 people
62in

15 days a year with an inch or more·N Foster 1 E station, 18 km

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Foster

Providence County · 4,628 people
62in

15 days a year with an inch or more·N Foster 1 E station, 8 km

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Glocester

Providence County · 10,612 people
62in

15 days a year with an inch or more·N Foster 1 E station, 6 km

All 38 towns

Snow in a normal winter, most 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
T1CoventryKent County · 36,281 people62 in15N Foster 1 E18.5 km
T1FosterProvidence County · 4,628 people62 in15N Foster 1 E7.5 km
T1GlocesterProvidence County · 10,612 people62 in15N Foster 1 E5.7 km
T1ScituateProvidence County · 10,767 people62 in15N Foster 1 E9.7 km
5BurrillvilleProvidence County · 16,927 people48 in12Northbridge 216.2 km
T6CumberlandProvidence County · 37,615 people48 in12Franklin12.5 km
T6LincolnProvidence County · 23,713 people48 in12Franklin18.5 km
T8North SmithfieldProvidence County · 12,990 people42 in11Woonsocket4.5 km
T8SmithfieldProvidence County · 22,625 people42 in11Woonsocket9.8 km
T8WoonsocketProvidence County · 44,580 people42 in11Woonsocket2.1 km
T11Little ComptonNewport County · 3,535 people38 in10Tiverton14.2 km
T11TivertonNewport County · 15,809 people38 in10Tiverton3.1 km
T13BarringtonBristol County · 16,961 people37 in10Providence T F Green AP9.4 km
T13BristolBristol County · 21,970 people37 in10Providence T F Green AP14.2 km
T13Central FallsProvidence County · 23,124 people37 in10Providence T F Green AP19.0 km
T13CranstonProvidence County · 84,647 people37 in10Providence T F Green AP6.9 km
T13East GreenwichKent County · 14,790 people37 in10Providence T F Green AP11.0 km
T13East ProvidenceProvidence County · 48,249 people37 in10Providence T F Green AP10.6 km
T13JohnstonProvidence County · 30,494 people37 in10Providence T F Green AP13.8 km
T13North ProvidenceProvidence County · 34,833 people37 in10Providence T F Green AP15.7 km
T13PawtucketProvidence County · 77,065 people37 in10Providence T F Green AP17.7 km
T13PortsmouthNewport County · 17,474 people37 in10Providence T F Green AP13.0 km
T13ProvidenceProvidence County · 195,310 people37 in10Providence T F Green AP11.3 km
T13WarrenBristol County · 11,070 people37 in10Providence T F Green AP13.9 km
T13WarwickKent County · 84,187 people37 in10Providence T F Green AP2.3 km
T13West WarwickKent County · 31,487 people37 in10Providence T F Green AP8.7 km
T27CharlestownWashington County · 8,002 people34 in10Kingston17.5 km
T27ExeterWashington County · 6,540 people34 in10Kingston11.3 km
T27HopkintonWashington County · 8,393 people34 in10Kingston17.9 km
T27NarragansettWashington County · 14,291 people34 in10Kingston11.3 km
T27North KingstownWashington County · 27,885 people34 in10Kingston11.9 km
T27RichmondWashington County · 8,128 people34 in10Kingston10.5 km
T27South KingstownWashington County · 32,009 people34 in10Kingston8.8 km
T27West GreenwichKent County · 6,750 people34 in10Kingston18.1 km
T35JamestownNewport County · 5,480 people26 in8Newport Rose2.8 km
T35MiddletownNewport County · 16,502 people26 in8Newport Rose6.2 km
T35NewportNewport County · 24,251 people26 in8Newport Rose2.5 km
38WesterlyWashington County · 23,139 people24 in8Groton19.9 km

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

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.

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. See the towns with the least snow.

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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