Sauyin yanayi na New England

Yanayin New England ya bambanta sosai  da fadin kilomita 500 (kilomita 800) daga arewacin Maine zuwa kudancin Connecticut. 

Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, da kuma mafi yawan cikin yammacin Massachusetts suna da yanayin zafi na nahiyar (*Dfb* a ƙarƙashin Rarrabawar yanayi na Köppen). A cikin wannan yankin, hunturu yana da tsawo, sanyi, kuma dusar ƙanƙara mai nauyi ya zama ruwan dare, ta hanyar tsarin matsin lamba na bakin teku da na nahiyar. Yawancin wurare a wannan yankin suna karɓar tsakanin inci 60 zuwa 120 ko mita 1.52 da 3.05 na dusar ƙanƙara a kowace shekara. Watanni na rani suna da dumi a wannan yankin, amma lokacin rani ba shi da tsawo. Ana yawan yaduwar ruwan sama na shekara-shekara daidai a duk shekara, kodayake fari a tarihi ya fi yawa a cikin watanni na rani.  Birane kamar Bangor, Maine; Portland, Maine; Manchester, New Hampshire; Burlington, Vermont; da Pittsfield, Massachusetts matsakaicin kusan inci 45 (1,100  na ruwan sama da inci 60 zuwa 90 (1.52 zuwa 2.29 m) na dusar ƙanƙara a kowace shekara. Lokacin girma ba tare da sanyi ba ya kasance daga kwanaki 90 kawai a arewacin Maine da kuma kwarin White da Green Mountains, zuwa kusan kwanaki 140 a bakin tekun Kudancin Maine da mafi yawan yammacin Massachusetts.

A gabashin Massachusetts, arewacin Rhode Island, da arewacin Connecticut, wani nau'i mai zafi na yanayin zafi na nahiyar (Köppen *Dfa*) ya mamaye. A nan lokacin rani ya fi zafi kuma hunturu ya fi guntu tare da karancin dusar ƙanƙara. Birane kamar Boston, Hartford, da Providence gabaɗaya suna karɓar inci 35 zuwa 50 ko 0.89 zuwa mita 1.27 na dusar ƙanƙara a kowace shekara. Lokacin bazara sau da yawa yana da zafi da zafi, tare da yanayin zafi a cikin kwarin Kogin Connecticut na kudancin Massachusetts da Connecticut tsakanin 85 da 90 ° F (29 da 32 ° C) a kai a kai a lokacin Yuni, Yuli, da Agusta. Hadari na convective ya zama ruwan dare a cikin waɗannan watanni, wasu daga cikinsu na iya zama masu tsanani. Lokacin girma ba tare da sanyi ba ya kasance daga kwanaki 140 a wasu sassan tsakiyar Massachusetts zuwa kusan kwanaki 160 a cikin Connecticut da Rhode Island.

Kudancin Rhode Island da Kudancin Connecticut sune yankin masu sauyawa daga yanayin nahiyoyi zuwa arewa, zuwa yanayin zafi (wanda ake kira subtropical a wasu nau'ikan yanayi) zuwa kudu.  A cikin wannan yanki, lokacin rani na iya zama tsayi da zafi, tare da ɗanɗano, yawan iska mai zafi tsakanin Mayu da Satumba.  Tsawa mai jujjuyawa ya zama ruwan dare a lokacin rani.  Kogin Connecticut daga Stamford, ta hanyar New Haven zuwa Newport, yankin Rhode Island shine mafi yawan yanki na New England a cikin hunturu.  Ruwan sanyi a wannan yanki akai-akai yana faɗowa ta hanyar ruwan sama ko kuma gaurayawar guguwa, ruwan sama, da dusar ƙanƙara.  Dusar ƙanƙara ta lokaci ta yi ƙasa da ƙasa a wannan yanki fiye da maki a cikin ƙasa, yawanci kawai inci 24 zuwa 30 ko 0.61 zuwa 0.76 na dusar ƙanƙara kowace shekara), kuma a wasu shekaru ƙanƙara ƙanƙara ke faɗowa.  Yawan sanyi yakan kasance ɗan taƙaitacce a waɗannan yankunan kudanci da bakin teku.  Winters kuma sun kasance sun fi rana a kudancin Connecticut da kudancin Rhode Island idan aka kwatanta da arewa da tsakiyar New England.  Lokacin girma mara sanyi yana kusan kwanaki 210 tare da bakin tekun Connecticut.

Guguwa ta wurare masu zafi wani lokacin kai tsaye tana tasiri ga New England. Guguwar New England ta 1938 da Guguwar Carol a cikin 1954 sun kasance guguwa mai banƙyama wanda ya sauka a Kudancin New England. Sauran tsarin wurare masu zafi waɗanda suka shafi yankin kai tsaye sun haɗa da Guguwar Donna, Guguwar Gloria, Guguwar Bob, Guguwar Irene, Guguwar Sandy, da Guguwa mai zafi Isaias. Duk da yake ba sau da yawa ba, guguwa a wasu lokuta suna faruwa a yankin, tare da sanannun abubuwan da suka faru ciki har da guguwar Worcester ta 1953, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, guguwa a 1979, da kuma fashewar guguwar New England ta 2011, wanda ya haifar da rikice-rikice masu yawa a duk yankin.

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