Editing Lansing, Michigan (section)

===Climate===
[[File:Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020) - Lansing Area, MI(ThreadEx).svg|thumb|right|Climate chart for Lansing]]
Lansing has a Midwestern [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfb/Dfa'') that is influenced by the [[Great Lakes]], and is part of USDA [[Hardiness zone]] 5b.<ref>{{cite web |title=USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map |url=http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/ |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |access-date=June 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227032333/http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/ |archive-date=February 27, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Winters are cold with moderate to heavy snowfall, while summers are very warm and humid. The monthly daily average temperature in July is {{convert|71.5|°F|1}}, while the same figure for January is {{convert|23.4|°F|1}}; the annual mean is {{convert|48.21|°F|2}}. On average, temperatures reach or exceed {{convert|90|°F|1}} on 8.8 days of the year and drop to or below {{convert|0|°F|1}} on 10.5 nights.<ref name=NOAA /> Precipitation is generally greatest during summer but still frequent and significant in winter. Snowfall, which normally occurs from November to April, averages {{convert|51.1|in|cm|0}} per season, significantly less than areas to the west such as [[Grand Rapids]] as Lansing is relatively immune to [[lake-effect snow]]s; seasonal snowfall has historically ranged from {{convert|16.6|in|cm|abbr=on}} in 1863−64 to {{convert|97.2|in|cm|abbr=on}} in 1880−81. The highest and lowest officially recorded temperatures were {{convert|103|°F|0}} on [[Summer 2012 North American heat wave|July 6, 2012]],<ref name=NOAA/> and {{convert|−37|°F|0}} on February 2, 1868,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weather.com/outlook/health/fitness/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USMI0477 |title=Monthly Averages for Lansing, MI |publisher=The Weather Channel |access-date=January 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120150350/http://www.weather.com/outlook/health/fitness/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USMI0477 |archive-date=January 20, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> with the last {{convert|−20|°F|0}} or colder reading occurred on February 27, 1994; the record low maximum is {{convert|−4|°F|0}} on January 22, 1883, while, conversely, the record high minimum is {{convert|78|°F|0}} on August 1, 2006, and July 18, 1942.<ref name=NOAA/> Freezing temperatures in June are exceedingly rare and have not occurred in July or August since the 19th century; on average, they arrive on October 4 and depart on May 7, allowing a growing season of 149 days. The average window for measurable snow (≥{{convert|0.1|in|cm|abbr=on|disp=or}}) is November 4 through April 6.

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