River valley weather on a Killingly roof
The villages sit low along the river, where humidity keeps shaded slopes damp and moss grows on the north side of closely spaced houses. Snow is a serious load in this part of the state, and on the mill houses with cold, drafty attics it melts unevenly and freezes at the eaves and in gutter lines. The dense neighborhoods break the wind, but the subdivisions and farms on the higher ground around the borough take it on exposed slopes and lose tabs and ridge caps. Freeze and thaw through late winter opens flashing seams and nail heads, and mature street trees drop limbs and debris onto roofs and into valleys.
