How much snow did Rhode Island cities and towns get? Here are the inch counts

Journal Staff

March 6, 2023 at 10:47 AM·4 min read

The area's first plowable snowstorm of the season mostly dissipated into a drizzly afternoon Tuesday, and the thick blanket that had kept some Rhode Islanders from work and school just a few hours earlier was slipping away by nightfall, thinned conspicuously by warmth and rain.

Morning brought a slow commute throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts as the melted snow turned to ice overnight. Several crashes were reported on major roadways, including a multi-car crash on the Pell Bridge in Newport.

How thick was that blanket when the snow stopped around midday? It depends on where you measured it. Below you'll find the inch counts from communities in Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts as reported to the National Weather Service.

But first, the NWS forecast for Providence today: Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast. In the afternoon, cloudy with a 40% chance of rain.

A plow works through East Providence clearing snow and slush from the winter storm that began Monday evening.

Snow accumulation reports

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Bristol snow total

4.6 inches, as of 7:21 a.m., according to a trained spotter

Burrillville snow total

6 inches as of 6:46 a.m.

Charlestown snow total

5.7 inches as of 7 a.m.

Cranston snow total

6 inches as of 1:45 p.m. 2/28, according to NWS

Cumberland snow total

3 inches, as of 6:34 a.m., according to a NWS employee

East Greenwich snow total

5.7 inches, as of 7 a.m., according to COCORAHS

East Providence snow total

3.5 inches as of 9:38 a.m.

Exeter snow total

6 inches, as of 7 a.m.

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Fall River snow total

3.3 inches, as of 6:50 a.m., according to a trained spotter

Foster snow total

7 inches as of 12:14 p.m. 2/28 according to NWS

Greenville snow total

5.5 inches as of 7 a.m., according COCORAHS

Glocester snow total

6.3 inches as of 1:40 p.m. according to NWS

Harrisville snow total

4.7 inches, as of 7 a.m., according to COCORAHS

Hope Valley snow total

6.7 inches snow total

Kingston snow total

5.9 inches, as of 7 a.m. snow total

Little Compton snow total

6.2 inches, as of 7:08 a.m., according to a trained spotter

Middletown snow total

5 inches, as of 7 a.m., according to COCORAHS

New Bedford snow total

4 inches as of 6:59 a.m.

Newport snow total

6 inches as of 6:47 a.m., according to a trained spotter

North Kingstown snow total

7.4 inches, as of 6:42 a.m., according to public reports

North Providence snow total

4.5 inches as of 8:33 a.m.

North Smithfield snow total

4.1 inches as of 8:30 a.m.

Portsmouth snow total

6.5 inches as of 8 a.m., according to COCORAHS

Providence snow total

4.0 inches, as of 7:15 a.m., according to COCORAHS

Richmond snow total

5.7 inches, as of 6:43 a.m., according to broadcast media

Riverside snow total

3.8 inches, as of 6:27 a.m., according to COCORAHS

Smithfield snow total

4.8 inches, as of 6:27 a.m., according to public reports

Somerset snow total

3 inches, as of 6 a.m., according to COCORAHS

South Kingstown snow total

8.1 inches as of 7 a.m., according to COCORAHS

Taunton snow total

3 inches, as of 7:01 a.m. according to a trained spotter

T.F. Green International Airport snow total

5.1 inches as of 12:58 p.m. 2/28 according to NWS

Tiverton snow total