Editing Fridley, Minnesota (section)

==Geography and climate==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has an area of {{convert|10.89|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|10.17|sqmi|sqkm|2}} are land and {{convert|0.72|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is covered by water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=November 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=July 2, 2012}}</ref>

The city lies within a narrow portion of the southernmost part of Anoka County. It is longer north–south along the path of the Mississippi River, and the highways that follow the river. It is narrower east/west in the portion between the Mississippi River and [[Spring Lake Park, Minnesota|Spring Lake Park]].

Fridley borders the cities of [[Coon Rapids, Minnesota|Coon Rapids]] and [[Blaine, Minnesota|Blaine]] to the north; [[Spring Lake Park, Minnesota|Spring Lake Park]] to the northeast; [[Mounds View, Minnesota|Mounds View]] and [[New Brighton, Minnesota|New Brighton]] to the east; [[Columbia Heights, Minnesota|Columbia Heights]] to the southeast; [[Minneapolis]] to the southwest; and [[Brooklyn Park, Minnesota|Brooklyn Park]] and Brooklyn Center to the west.

Fridley is at the southern edge of the [[Anoka Sand Plain]].<ref name="DNR">{{Cite web|title=Anoka Sand Plain Subsection|url=https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/ecs/222Mc/index.html|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=Minnesota Department of Natural Resources|language=en}}</ref> Lakes in Fridley include East Moore Lake, West Moore Lake, and Locke Lake. [[Rice Creek (Mississippi River)|Rice Creek]] flows through the central part of the city,<ref>''King's Twin Cities Metro Street Atlas '04.''  Minneapolis: The Lawrence Group.  2004.  {{ISBN|1-58301-215-X}}.</ref> Springbrook Creek through the northwest section, and the Mississippi River borders Fridley to the west. Parts of islands in the Mississippi River, including the Islands of Peace and Banfill Island, are within the city.

===Climate===
{{Main|Climate of Minnesota|Climate of the Twin Cities}}

Fridley shares its climate with nearby Minneapolis. It has a hot-summer [[humid continental climate]] zone (''Dfa'' in the [[Köppen climate classification]]),<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Peel |first1=M. C. |last2=Finlayson |first2=B. L. |last3=McMahon |first3=T. A. |title=Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification |journal=Hydrology and Earth System Sciences |date=October 2007 |volume=11 |issue=5 |pages=1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007|bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P |url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00298818/|doi-access=free }}</ref> typical of southern parts of the [[Upper Midwest]], and is situated in USDA [[hardiness zone|plant hardiness]] zone 4b.<ref>[http://climate.umn.edu/pdf/normals_means_and_extremes/2005_Annual_LCD_MSP_page_3.pdf Normals, Means, and Extremes for Minneapolis/Saint Paul (1971–2000)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100720065506/http://climate.umn.edu/pdf/normals_means_and_extremes/2005_Annual_LCD_MSP_page_3.pdf |date=July 20, 2010}}: Mean of Extreme Mins for January</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=''Pioneer Press'' staff |title=USDA: Milder winters mean some changes in plant hardiness zones |url=http://www.twincities.com/2012/01/24/usda-milder-winters-mean-some-changes-in-plant-hardiness-zones/ |access-date=July 21, 2016 |work=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]|date=January 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721202402/http://www.twincities.com/2012/01/24/usda-milder-winters-mean-some-changes-in-plant-hardiness-zones/ |archive-date=July 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/ |title=USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map |publisher=Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |date=2012 |access-date=August 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227032333/http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/ |archive-date=February 27, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> As is typical in a continental climate, the difference between average temperatures in the coldest winter month and the warmest summer month is great: {{convert|60.1|F-change}}.