Climate & Weather in Johnston
Johnston shares Rhode Island's real, genuine New England four-season climate, coastally moderated relative to inland New England despite Johnston's own inland Providence County position.
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Learn moreA real four-season New England climate
Johnston's climate follows Rhode Island's statewide pattern: genuine four distinct seasons, with summers running humid consistent with the broader region.
Real, statewide hurricane and winter-storm risk
Johnston inherits Rhode Island's real, documented historical hurricane exposure (the 1938 hurricane, Hurricane Carol, Hurricane Bob) and recurring nor'easter/winter-storm risk.
No coastal flooding, given its inland setting
As an inland town, Johnston does not carry the coastal-flooding and erosion risk this project's rhode-island.js documents for Narragansett Bay and South County communities.
Key takeaways
- Johnston shares Rhode Island's genuine New England four-season climate.
- Real, statewide hurricane and winter-storm risk applies, per this project's own rhode-island.js.
- Johnston's inland setting means no coastal-flooding exposure, unlike RI's shoreline communities.
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