River valleys and hills: Southbury's weather
Southbury's hills take heavier snow and longer cold than the shore, with ice at the eaves on warm-attic colonials and in the inside corners of complex rooflines. The river valleys hold fog and damp, so riverside roofs grow moss on shaded slopes. Forest covers most lots, filling valleys and gutters with leaves and bringing limbs down in ice storms. Open ground around the farms and the ridges takes wind across exposed slopes, and spring freeze and thaw works at old chimney flashing on the village houses.

