Microclimate Maps · Massachusetts
Massachusetts Microclimate Maps
2 microclimate maps in Massachusetts so far. Pick yours on the map or the list, or type your address and we'll open the right one at your spot.
Click a box to open that map. Each one gives you the 30-year planning low at your address, your MFTC zone, the spring frost layer and the fruit trees that fit.
The maps
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1Northampton, Greenfield and the Pioneer ValleyNorthampton, Amherst, Greenfield, Holyoke, Easthampton, Hadley, Deerfield, Turners Falls, Belchertown
On January 19, 1971 the Amherst station, on the valley floor at 145 feet, read −29°F while Springfield read −3°F. Amherst Center, 160 feet above that floor, plans for −18°F; Sunderland's river flats plan for −24°F.
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2Pittsfield and the BerkshiresPittsfield, Great Barrington, Lenox, Lee, Stockbridge, Williamstown, North Adams, Adams, Dalton
On January 27, 1994 the old Lanesboro station read −31°F while Cummington Hill, 374 feet higher in the hilltowns, read −5°F. Lenox village plans for −21°F; Lenox Dale, on the river below it, plans for −25°F.
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