A vicious blizzard walloped the Northeast United States from Sunday night into Monday afternoon, particularly in Providence, Rhode Island, where it shattered the snowfall record.
Providence reached 32.8 inches of snow on Monday afternoon, eclipsing a 48-year record.
❄️ Providence, Rhode Island, has officially set a new snowfall record, with 33 inches and counting — surpassing the 28.6 inches recorded during the historic Blizzard of 1978. pic.twitter.com/qLitxvPRXu
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 23, 2026
The Providence Journal shared further:
As of the 1 p.m. snow totals from the National Weather Service, numerous towns have smashed their snowfall records previously set by the Blizzard of ’78, and the snow keeps falling.
There is currently a total travel ban in place, Four of the state’s bridges are closed – the Jamestown-Verrazzano Bridge, Mount Hope Bridge, Newport Pell Bridge and the Sakonnet River Bridge.
Numerous towns have over 30 inches of snow recorded, according to preliminary totals from the National Weather Service.
There are currently about 39,881 power outages across Rhode Island.
Check out some photos from the historic snowfall:
This shot from @AsherReddtv in Providence, RI is wild.
— Greg Diamond (@gdimeweather) February 23, 2026
Hip-high snow.
The all-time record for biggest snowstorm, set in the infamous 1978 blizzard is almost certain to fall pic.twitter.com/XXkhWZHrhd
33 INCHES OF SNOW! ❄️ Providence, Rhode Island, just had their all-time greatest snowstorm on record with 33" so far, beating out the Blizzard of '78. Montauk Point on Long Island had hurricane-force wind gusts of 84 mph too! These are new pictures today from the historic… pic.twitter.com/j2etj8XnOD
— Matt Devitt (@MattDevittWX) February 23, 2026
“We are very concerned for areas southeast of the Boston-Providence corridor where wet snow combines with northeast wind gusts of 60-70 mph. Power outages & tree damage. Worst conditions Mon 4 am to noon,” NWS Boston wrote.
[Potentially Historic/Destructive Storm southeast of the BOS-PVD corridor] We are very concerned for areas southeast of the Boston-Providence corridor where wet snow combines with northeast wind gusts of 60-70 mph. Power outages & tree damage. Worst conditions Mon 4 am to noon. pic.twitter.com/8NHt3mkDIP
— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) February 22, 2026
FOX Weather has more:
Snow totals kept climbing throughout the day on Monday, with Rhode Island seeing some of the highest snow totals of all the Northeast hit by the storm.
FOX News Multimedia Reporter Asher Redd reported from Providence on Monday, bringing incredible pictures to FOX Weather through the worst of the storm.
Wind gusts of 60 mph at times, along with heavy, blowing snow and limited visibility led to blizzard conditions on Monday.
The snow that fell on Monday nearly matches Providence’s annual average snowfall of 36.6 inches, which the city is likely to surpass on Monday alone.
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