Rhode Island Weather for Feb. 18, 2025 – Jack Donnelly

by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist

​We will still be under the influence of the “Polar Vortex”, just deep and dense cold air descending into the lower 48 states. Being on the eastern edge of this entity means the chill of the howling west-northwesterly winds will dig down into the single digits, and our roadways will continue to be turned into a game of Frogger.

Afternoon high temps reach only into the mid 20’s under a healthy but sadly useless batch of sunshine, with book-ended morning and evening lows in the mid teens, winds gusting to 40 mph.

It’s a “C” day!

___

Follow John’s weather forecasts, here: WEATHER WITH JOHN DONNELLY

John Donnelly was born in Hialeah, Florida and moved back to Rhode Island and settled in Johnston, where he grew up until graduating from Lyndon State College.