24 February 2026

What to do with three feet of snow? That’s the big question in Rhode Island this morning as they cope with yesterday’s record-breaking Nor’easter that dumped as much as 37.9 inches (almost 1 meter) of snow on our country’s smallest state.

The top ten snowfall locations in the storm’s path as of 9:00pm last night give the prize to Providence, Rhode Island airport (T.F. Green Airport).

You can see snow hammering Rhode Island in this radar loop.

Here's a loop of the 2026 Historic Major Blizzard. This Blizzard smashed the Rhode Island Statewide snow total record set nearly 50 years ago. This Blizzard dropped over 36 Inches of snow in an area in Rhode Island… pic.twitter.com/jKESQzq4Cb

— TRGTornado (@TRGTornado) February 23, 2026

The radar also shows that the wind was terrific all along the coast. Today there are widespread power outages including 156,000 without power on Cape Cod, 37,000-to-130,000 in New Jersey, 21,100 in Rhode Island.

It’s going to be a challenging couple of weeks for the hardest hit areas.

One mile south of providence. pic.twitter.com/gtFAn6a3tx

— wonder (@CarlosA73934115) February 24, 2026

Almost a month ago, on 25 January, Pittsburghers were plagued with a foot of snow. In retrospect we were lucky.