Talk:Springfield, Massachusetts

Webster's Dictionary

This page gives a great deal of credit to Springfield in regards to Webster's dictionary. However, George Merriam merely acquired the rights to the dictionary in 1843 - 37 years after its original publication. The first edition was published by a New York man - the second by Webster himself, both were printed in New Haven, CT. This page should be amended to reflect that Merriam-Webster is the current publisher of the first dictionary, not as stated "Springfielders produced many innovations, including the first American-English dictionary (1805, Merriam-Webster)" as this is untrue. Noah Webster was born and lived in Connecticut for most of his life, including the period when his dictionary was first published. 162.136.192.1 (talk) 15:21, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

Climate data

why is the weather box for a town in Connecticut here in Massachusetts? its not even on the state line. Lollipop (talk) 02:07, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

it is very unusual for a city with 150000 poeple to have no weather station but i guess Bradley Airport is only 10 miles away, so it's not as strange as it seems, and Hartford CT is also using that weather station. —Soap— 18:07, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

worth noting that weather.gov uses the much closer Chicopee Falls weather station (which we dont list) and also uses Hartford for Hartford. This is more in line with what i'd expect, but perhaps neither of these statioins has a long POR. —Soap— 13:25, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

"Springfield , Massachusetts" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Springfield , Massachusetts has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 December 23 § Springfield , Massachusetts until a consensus is reached. Steel1943 (talk) 21:02, 23 December 2025 (UTC)