Kingston is located in the St.Lawrence Lowlands region of Canada. It's temperature range is 28 degrees Celsius, on average there is 794.6 mm of rainfall per year and 461.9 mm during the summer and 332.7 mm during the winter. All 3 climate factors determine that Kingston has a continental climate. (Dorado, E. 2015) The factors that contribute to this climate is that Kingston is located inland, but has a large lake nearby moderating the effects of temperature slightly. As you can see all 3 factors are very close to being classified as maritime, the temperature range is 3 degrees too high, there is only about 200 mm less rainfall! This is caused by its proximity to Lake Ontario.
Kingston also has a very nice growing season of 160-170 days, with the average starting day ebing April 30th and the average closing day being October 13th. (Roddy, E. 2013)
Kingston can be severely affected by weather conditions such as extreme heat, cold as well as thunderstorms, floods and tornadoes. The city website has a full article on how to react if one of these situations occurs, which can be found by clicking the button underneath this article. (City, K. 2014)
I believe that climate change can affect Kingston in a variety of different ways. As greenhouse gasses are released into the atmosphere the earth keeps getting hotter, meaning that Kingston's winters will be less severe. As the winters become less severe it opens up opportunities to start the growing season earlier and have it end later allowing for better agriculture in general. Although, Kingston's Summers will be hotter, making people not willing to go outside because of the extreme heat.
Kingston also has a very nice growing season of 160-170 days, with the average starting day ebing April 30th and the average closing day being October 13th. (Roddy, E. 2013)
Kingston can be severely affected by weather conditions such as extreme heat, cold as well as thunderstorms, floods and tornadoes. The city website has a full article on how to react if one of these situations occurs, which can be found by clicking the button underneath this article. (City, K. 2014)
I believe that climate change can affect Kingston in a variety of different ways. As greenhouse gasses are released into the atmosphere the earth keeps getting hotter, meaning that Kingston's winters will be less severe. As the winters become less severe it opens up opportunities to start the growing season earlier and have it end later allowing for better agriculture in general. Although, Kingston's Summers will be hotter, making people not willing to go outside because of the extreme heat.
Data for chart taken from (Dorado, E. 2015)