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On September 11, a stationary frontal boundary, combined with a low-pressure area in eastern New Jersey and a convergence zone extending across Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, brought slow-moving showers and thunderstorms to the Northeastern United States, bringing heavy rainfall across portions of the region. [4]
The "Great Storm" [7] (or "Great Gale"), [5] as it was known there, hit Providence, Rhode Island on the morning of September 23. From about 10:00 A.M. to noon, [7] the storm delivered a storm surge that funneled up Narragansett Bay where it destroyed some 500 houses and 35 ships.
Damage in coastal Rhode Island following the 1938 New England hurricane. September 21, 1938 – 1938 New England hurricane – This storm made landfall on Long Island and Connecticut as a Category 3 hurricane. Wind gusts reached Category 5 strength in eastern Connecticut, Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts west of Buzzards Bay and Cape Cod.
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On September 7, a bulletin from San Juan, Puerto Rico reported extensive, flood-inducing rainfall along the western and southern coasts of the island. Over 10 in (250 mm) of precipitation fell within a two-day period. [2] The easternmost islands of The Bahamas, including San Salvador, experienced gale-force winds and high seas. [3]
Southern Rhode Island and southern Connecticut are the transition zone from continental climates to the north, to temperate climates (called subtropical in some climate classifications) to the south. In this region, summers can be quite long and hot, with humid, tropical air masses common between May and September.