We don't have near the heavy, thunderstorm episodes that locations in the Midwest, south or Atlantic coastal plain receive. That is better for tender plant leaves and blossoms. Hail is rare so plants don't get beat to death under hail stones or torrential downpours. Drought conditions can sometimes give us problems in summer with all this stable weather. Mulch and early evening watering can solve any drought problems we might have.
Rain is usually never too far away.
The best part of this kind of climate is the wide range of plants we can grow. Winters, although snowy, are protective of plant roots. That frequent, blanket of white acts as insulation, keeping ground temperatures from going too far below freezing and keeping plants from heaving and thawing out of the ground. Less winter die back and lusher plants when spring does arrives. All bets are off on this point the further south of the thruway one gets.