Editing Big Arm, Montana (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Big Arm MT Postmark.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Big Arm postmark]]
Big Arm is located in northwestern Lake County. The census-designated place contains the settlement of Big Arm along the southern shore of Flathead Lake's Big Arm, as well as undeveloped grassland to the south, up to the base of an unnamed {{convert|5100|ft|adj=on}} mountain. The CDP is bordered to the northeast by the community of [[Lindisfarne, Montana|Lindisfarne]].

[[U.S. Route 93 in Montana|U.S. Route 93]] passes through Big Arm, running just south of the lake shore. The highway leads southeast {{convert|12|mi}} to [[Polson, Montana|Polson]], the Lake [[county seat]], and northwest {{convert|4|mi|0}} to [[Elmo, Montana|Elmo]]. The city of [[Kalispell, Montana|Kalispell]] is {{convert|39|mi}} north of Big Arm.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|14.0|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer 2019">{{cite web| url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_30.txt| title=U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Montana| website=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division| accessdate=April 15, 2020}}</ref>

===Climate===
This [[climate|climatic]] region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters.  According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Big Arm has a [[humid continental climate]], abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=847042&cityname=Big+Arm%2C+Montana%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Big Arm, Montana]</ref>