Where is granby ma

Comfort Index Climate. Locals are credited with development of the Springfield Rifle, the Duryea motorcar, and basketball thanks to Dr. James Naismith, in Some credit the motorcycle to area inventors and the early Indian Manufacturing Company. At one time that area was a significant manufacturing center, but most has left the area including most recently a forge that made Craftsman tools. Read More about Granby. The Cost of Living is no bargain, but on a Massachusetts scale it is attractive, particularly scaled against local incomes and projected income growth.

The employment picture is currently weak, and climate and crime further depress the ranking. The area sits in a broad valley in the western part of Massachusetts. Thickly wooded hills rise immediately to the east and west of the valley. The climate is continental with distinct seasons and highly variable weather.

Summers are hot, humid, and calm with occasional thundershowers. The Berkshire Mountains to the west slow larger storm fronts. Winters bring frequent cold snaps and snow, particularly generated by moist mid-Atlantic storms colliding with cold, northerly air masses. The rain could be heavy at times. High near Southwest wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Increasing clouds, with a high near Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

A chance of rain showers, possibly mixing with snow after 11pm, then gradually ending. Some thunder is also possible. One of the new annual events for Granby Charter Days!

Antique tractors, tractor pulls and now truck pulls. Who will pull the farthest this year? The marks of Granby's history continue to dominate its landscape. There are a few working farms, growing strawberries, corn, tomatoes, and much more, and several farm stands offering fresh, local vegetables and plants.

The town center is much the same as it has been for the last years.