Editing Blair County, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|527|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|526|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.3|sqmi}} (0.2%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_42.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 5, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> Blair County is one of the 423 counties served by the [[Appalachian Regional Commission]],<ref name="ARC">{{cite web |title=About the Appalachian Region |url=https://www.arc.gov/about-the-appalachian-region/ |publisher=Appalachian Regional Commission |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref> and it is identified as part of "Greater Appalachia" by Colin Woodard in his book ''[[American Nations|American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America]]''.<ref name="NYT_CW">{{cite web |last1=Woodard |first1=Colin |title=The Maps That Show That City vs. Country Is Not Our Political Fault Line |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/opinion/urban-rural-united-states-regions-midterms.html |work=New York Times |access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref>

===Features===
*[[Brush Mountain (Blair County, Pennsylvania)|Brush Mountain]]
*[[Logan Valley]]
*[[Morrison Cove]]
*[[Tussey Mountain]]

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Centre County, Pennsylvania|Centre County]] (north)
*[[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania|Huntingdon County]] (east)
*[[Bedford County, Pennsylvania|Bedford County]] (south)
*[[Cambria County, Pennsylvania|Cambria County]] (west)
*[[Clearfield County, Pennsylvania|Clearfield County]] (northwest)

===National protected area===
*[[Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site]] (part)

===Major highways===
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===Climate===
Blair has a warm-summer [[humid continental climate]] (''Dfb'').
{{Weather box
|location = Altoona
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F =  78
|Feb record high F =  76
|Mar record high F =  85
|Apr record high F =  91
|May record high F =  94
|Jun record high F =  97
|Jul record high F = 103
|Aug record high F = 102
|Sep record high F =  96
|Oct record high F =  90
|Nov record high F =  82
|Dec record high F =  12 
|year record high F= 103
|Jan high F = 31.9
|Feb high F = 34.6
|Mar high F = 44.7
|Apr high F = 57.8
|May high F = 67.6
|Jun high F = 77.1
|Jul high F = 81.4
|Aug high F = 80.3
|Sep high F = 72.3
|Oct high F = 61.3
|Nov high F = 49.4
|Dec high F = 37.1
|year high F= 57.9
|Jan low F = 15.6
|Feb low F = 17.7
|Mar low F = 25.5
|Apr low F = 36.6
|May low F = 46.8
|Jun low F = 54.9
|Jul low F = 60.2
|Aug low F = 58.4
|Sep low F = 51.3
|Oct low F = 41.4
|Nov low F = 32.1
|Dec low F = 21.9
|year low F= 38.5
|Jan record low F = −29
|Feb record low F = −25
|Mar record low F =  −7
|Apr record low F =   8
|May record low F =  20
|Jun record low F =  32
|Jul record low F =  38
|Aug record low F =  34
|Sep record low F =  26
|Oct record low F =  15
|Nov record low F =   0
|Dec record low F = −13
|year record low F= −29
|Jan precipitation inch = 2.64
|Feb precipitation inch = 2.43
|Mar precipitation inch = 3.48
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.63
|May precipitation inch = 4.30
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.08
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.14
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.50
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.85
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.43
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.71
|Dec precipitation inch = 3.11
|year precipitation inch= 42.64
|Jan snow inch = 11.2
|Feb snow inch = 14.3
|Mar snow inch = 16.9
|Apr snow inch =  2.5
|May snow inch =  0.1
|Jun snow inch =    0
|Jul snow inch =    0
|Aug snow inch =    0
|Sep snow inch =    0
|Oct snow inch =  0.2
|Nov snow inch =  3.3
|Dec snow inch =  12.1
|year snow inch= 60.6
|source 1 = Pennsylvania State Climatologist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pasc.met.psu.edu/cgi-bin/lcdclim.cgi |title=Monthly Averages for Altoona, PA |publisher=psac.met.psu |year=2009 |access-date=July 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907094502/http://pasc.met.psu.edu/cgi-bin/lcdclim.cgi |archive-date=September 7, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|date=August 2010
}}