Massachusetts Cities and Towns
The Bay State  6th State

Climate & Weather:

Weather in Massachusetts is diverse and changeable. It can go from sunny to rainy (or, in winter, snowy) several times a week. Coastal areas usually have more moderate temperatures in summer and winter than the Berkshires in the west. Summer in Massachusetts is generally comfortable, though temperatures will climb above 90 F/32 C at least once each summer in all parts of the state. Cape Cod is kept cool by ocean breezes, though the mid 80s F/27-29 C are not unusual. In July, temperatures in central Massachusetts range 60-81 F/16-27 C, with some days above 90 F/32 C.  Fall high temperatures can range from 60 to the low 70s F/15-22 C.  Winter temperatures are moderately cold (11 to 29 F/-13 to -2 C, on average), with heavier snows in the west and central portions (60-80 in/152-203 cm) and less on the Cape.

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Firsts, Facts, Trivia:  

The Boston University Bridge on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.

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Featured Tourist Spots:

The Children's Museum  - The Children's Museum in Boston exists to help children understand and enjoy the world in which they live.  The Museum is the second oldest in the nation.

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Massachusetts History:

Four themes dominate the history of this small but influential state: the importance of individual and personal freedom and liberty, mercan tile activity and entrepreneurship, inventiveness,and industrial genius, and pioneering social action.

The pre-European population of Massachusetts was a small number of relatively independent native American tribes. About 30,000 Indians from the Algonquian tribes lived in the area. When the Pilgrims arrived in 1620, many had already died of diseases brought to America from the Europeans. Only 7,000 Native Americans remained in Massachusetts at that time.

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