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==Geography== [[File:Penn Ave 1147, Wyomissing PA.JPG|thumb|Penn Avenue in Wyomissing]] Wyomissing is located in central Berks County at {{coord|40|19|58|N|75|57|53|W|type:city}} (40.332742, −75.964603).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is bordered by the city of [[Reading, Pennsylvania|Reading]] to the northeast and southeast, by [[West Reading, Pennsylvania|West Reading]] directly to the east, by the borough of [[Shillington, Pennsylvania|Shillington]] and [[Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania|Cumru Township]] to the south, by [[Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania|Spring Township]] to the west and northwest, and by [[Bern Township, Pennsylvania|Bern Township]] to the north. From south to north, the west side of Wyomissing is bordered by the unincorporated communities of [[Montrose Manor, Pennsylvania|Montrose Manor]], [[Lincoln Park, Pennsylvania|Lincoln Park]], [[West Wyomissing, Pennsylvania|West Wyomissing]], [[West Lawn, Pennsylvania|West Lawn]], [[Whitfield, Pennsylvania|Whitfield]], and [[Colony Park, Pennsylvania|Colony Park]]. Directly to the north, in Bern Township, is the unincorporated community of [[Greenfields, Pennsylvania|Greenfields]]. The northeastern boundary of Wyomissing with Reading is formed by [[Tulpehocken Creek (Pennsylvania)|Tulpehocken Creek]] and a small portion of the [[Schuylkill River]]. [[Wyomissing Creek]] flows from southwest to northeast towards the Schuylkill, through the southern part of the borough. According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|11.65|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|11.60|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.05|km2|order=flip}}, or 0.47 percent, is water.<ref name="Census 2010" /> In the vicinity of the Knitting Mills, formerly the Vanity Fair complex, average monthly temperatures range from 30.6 °F in January to 75.9 °F in July.<ref>[http://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/ prism.oregonstate.edu]</ref> The climate locally and in the surrounding area is classified by the [[Köppen climate classification]] system as hot-summer [[Humid continental climate|humid continental]] (''Dfa''). The local [[hardiness zone]] is 7a, bordering on 6b.
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