Editing Mo i Rana (section)

== Climate ==
Mo i Rana's climate is usually classified as [[Subarctic climate|subarctic]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfc'' bordering on ''Dsc''),<ref>{{Cite journal |title=World map of Köppen-Geiger climate classification |url=http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/courses/geog401/World_Koppen_Map.jpg |url-status=dead |journal=Climate.gi.alaska.edu |publisher=University of Melbourne |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325031826/http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/courses/geog401/World_Koppen_Map.jpg |archive-date=25 March 2009 |access-date=10 April 2009}}</ref> with long, cold winters, and short, warm summers. Mo I Rana is situated about {{convert|70|km}} from the coast line, giving it colder winters than towns at the coast. There is much precipitation due to the mountains north and east of town, often with much snow in winter. Blizzards in winter can go on for hours, potentially creating traffic difficulties and cancelling flights. Because of Mo i Rana's [[latitude]], summer days are very long and winter days are very short on [[daylight]]. In the winter season, the [[Aurora Borealis|Northern Lights]] can be seen on the night sky. It varies in intensity, coloured from white green to deep red, and comes in different shapes, such as [[Light beam|beams]], [[arch]]es and [[draperies]].
[[File:Rana IMG 4792 ranafjorden Mo city.JPG|thumb|280x280px|Sky view of Ranfjorden; Mo i Rana is down to the right; the river is also visible]]
July and August are the warmest months; July mean is {{convert|14.9|°C|°F|abbr=on}} and average daily high {{convert|19|°C|°F|abbr=on}} (1991–2020).<ref name="yr.no">{{cite web | url=https://www.yr.no/en/statistics/table/5-79600/Norway/Nordland/Rana/Mo%20i%20Rana%20LH | title=Weather statistics for Mo i Rana LH as a table – Last 13 months }}</ref> There are usually two to three warm periods during the summer, when the average temperature is between {{convert|20|and|28|C|F}} at daytime. The warm days may last for 2–14 days, with the temperature peaking at {{convert|31|°C|°F|abbr=on}}. On rare occasions, the overnight low does not go below {{convert|20|°C|°F|abbr=on}}, known in Norway as tropical night (''tropenatt'' [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]).

Autumn begins in September. The trees lose their leaves in October, and the [[flowers]] disappear. During November, fresh water and rivers start to freeze, and the landscape is covered with snow. Only the [[spruce]] forest stays green throughout the winter. In the winter, the sun is low on the horizon, and is only visible for a few hours. Heating through sunlight is limited because of Mo i Rana's high-latitude location. Mountains block the sunlight when the sun is low on the horizon, which means that the sun is not visible at all during the month of December. There are normally two to three very cold periods in the winter with temperature dipping close to {{convert|-30|°C}}. The cold periods normally last 3–7 days. The wettest period is autumn and winter, while spring and summer is the driest. The airport is situated in a valley 8&nbsp;km away from the fjord, so the airport has colder lows than the town itself. The all-time high temperature is {{convert|33.0|°C}} recorded  27 July 2019 (beating {{convert|32.6|°C}} from July 2018); the all-time low at the airport is {{convert|-35.2|°C}} recorded 7 January 2010 (record low for Dec from 2010).

{{Weather box
| location = Mo i Rana 1991–2020, extremes 1935–present{{efn|[[relative humidity|Humidity]] and [[dew point]] data for Mo i Rana comes from weather stations near [[Mo i Rana Airport, Røssvoll|Mo i Rana Airport]] (Altitude 70m, SN79600). Temperature data for Mo i Rana have been recorded since 1935. The weather station data used from July 1935 to 1941 came from Mo i Rana (SN79470), and the weather station data used from August 1946 to December 1956 came from Mo i Rana. i Rana II (SN79510), weather station data from January 1957 to September 1965 are from Mo i Rana III (SN79480), and temperature data from 2002 to the present are from [[Mo i Rana Airport, Røssvoll|Mo i Rana Airport]]. Precipitation data refer to data recorded at the Røssvoll weather station from 1961 to 1990.}}
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|Jan record high C = 8.0
|Feb record high C = 9.2
|Mar record high C = 12.4
|Apr record high C = 18.3
|May record high C = 28.3
|Jun record high C = 30.9
|Jul record high C = 33.0
|Aug record high C = 30.6
|Sep record high C = 26.2
|Oct record high C = 17.2
|Nov record high C = 12.0
|Dec record high C = 8.1
|year record high C = 33.0
|Jan avg record high C = 5.3
|Feb avg record high C = 4.8
|Mar avg record high C = 7.2
|Apr avg record high C = 12.6
|May avg record high C = 20.5
|Jun avg record high C = 24.7
|Jul avg record high C = 28.1
|Aug avg record high C = 26.5
|Sep avg record high C = 20.2
|Oct avg record high C = 12.7
|Nov avg record high C = 8.5
|Dec avg record high C = 6.2
|year avg record high C = 28.9
|Jan high C = -3.7
|Feb high C = -2.9
|Mar high C = 0.9
|Apr high C = 6.0
|May high C = 11.1
|Jun high C = 15.4
|Jul high C = 19.3
|Aug high C = 18.0
|Sep high C = 12.9
|Oct high C = 6.1
|Nov high C = 0.7
|Dec high C = -1.5
|year high C = 6.9
|Jan mean C = -5.9
|Feb mean C = -4.7
|Mar mean C = -2.9
|Apr mean C = 2.0
|May mean C = 6.9
|Jun mean C = 11.1
|Jul mean C = 14.8
|Aug mean C = 13.7
|Sep mean C = 9.7
|Oct mean C = 3.5
|Nov mean C = -0.7
|Dec mean C = -3.3
|year mean C = 3.7
|Jan low C = -8.1
|Feb low C = -7.5
|Mar low C = -7.0
|Apr low C = -2.0
|May low C = 2.6
|Jun low C = 7.0
|Jul low C = 10.2
|Aug low C = 9.2
|Sep low C = 6.1
|Oct low C = 1.0
|Nov low C = -2.5
|Dec low C = -5.4
|year low C = 0.3
|Jan avg record low C = -24.4
|Feb avg record low C = -24.1
|Mar avg record low C = -19.8
|Apr avg record low C = -11.4
|May avg record low C = -3.6
|Jun avg record low C = 0.3
|Jul avg record low C = 3.6
|Aug avg record low C = 2.0
|Sep avg record low C = -1.6
|Oct avg record low C = -8.7
|Nov avg record low C = -14.0
|Dec avg record low C = -19.0
|year avg record low C = -27.7
|Jan record low C = -35.2
|Feb record low C = -30.7
|Mar record low C = -31.0
|Apr record low C = -17.2
|May record low C = -8.0
|Jun record low C = -2.2
|Jul record low C = 0.0
|Aug record low C = -2.0
|Sep record low C = -5.7
|Oct record low C = -17.6
|Nov record low C = -27.1
|Dec record low C = -29.8
|year record low C = -35.2
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 146
|Feb precipitation mm = 117
|Mar precipitation mm = 112
|Apr precipitation mm = 74
|May precipitation mm = 64
|Jun precipitation mm = 70
|Jul precipitation mm = 97
|Aug precipitation mm = 110
|Sep precipitation mm = 155
|Oct precipitation mm = 186
|Nov precipitation mm = 136
|Dec precipitation mm = 163
|year precipitation mm = 1430
|unit precipitation days = 1.0&nbsp;mm
|Jan humidity = 80
|Feb humidity = 80
|Mar humidity = 76
|Apr humidity = 74
|May humidity = 69
|Jun humidity = 68
|Jul humidity = 71
|Aug humidity = 76
|Sep humidity = 82
|Oct humidity = 83
|Nov humidity = 85
|Dec humidity = 83
|year humidity = 77
|Jan dew point C = -9.5
|Feb dew point C = -9.3
|Mar dew point C = -6.4
|Apr dew point C = -2.6
|May dew point C = 0.9
|Jun dew point C = 5.1
|Jul dew point C = 9.1
|Aug dew point C = 8.7
|Sep dew point C = 5.8
|Oct dew point C = 0.5
|Nov dew point C = -3.5
|Dec dew point C = -6.0
|year dew point C = -0.6
|source 1 = Norwegian Meteorological Institute<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://seklima.met.no/
|title = Observations and weather statistics (SN79600 MO I RANA LUFTHAVN)
|publisher = [[Norwegian Meteorological Institute]]
|access-date = September 21, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.met.no/kss/_/attachment/download/a2d191d6-b9ef-4d78-ac26-9eee4ce28743:969dfb48bad54d95b9dca7685778f05448f42892/StNormaler_mnd_middeltemp_1991-2020.txt
|title = Temperaturnormaler per måned og år (Temperature norms per month and year)
|publisher = [[Norwegian Meteorological Institute]]
|access-date = October 9, 2023
|language = no
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231009100507/https://www.met.no/kss/_/attachment/download/a2d191d6-b9ef-4d78-ac26-9eee4ce28743:969dfb48bad54d95b9dca7685778f05448f42892/StNormaler_mnd_middeltemp_1991-2020.txt
|archive-date = 2023-10-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.met.no/kss/_/attachment/download/2aa2056c-c637-4373-92d2-cac3989dcd05:c3f2b161e4bf474af587cd4a4e8f3b78a24bc530/StNormaler_mnd_nedbor_1991-2020.txt
|title = Nedbørnormaler per måned og år (Precipitation per month and year)
|publisher = [[Norwegian Meteorological Institute]]
|access-date = October 12, 2023
|language = no
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231012100858/https://www.met.no/kss/_/attachment/download/2aa2056c-c637-4373-92d2-cac3989dcd05:c3f2b161e4bf474af587cd4a4e8f3b78a24bc530/StNormaler_mnd_nedbor_1991-2020.txt
|archive-date = 2023-10-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.met.no/kss/_/attachment/download/38e0627d-ab79-4383-a384-8e0379e82cac:c82c12a2c0c6fba781cf7551eb0be491c3ef5cf6/temperaturnormaler-1961-1990.pdf
|title = Temperaturnormaler for stasjoner 1961–1990 (pdf)
|publisher = [[Norwegian Meteorological Institute]]
|access-date = October 29, 2023
|language = no
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231029084516/https://www.met.no/kss/_/attachment/download/38e0627d-ab79-4383-a384-8e0379e82cac:c82c12a2c0c6fba781cf7551eb0be491c3ef5cf6/temperaturnormaler-1961-1990.pdf
|archive-date = 2023-10-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.met.no/kss/_/attachment/download/826bd246-df4e-4e27-842c-a1183dc842e2:6d7864351447fba4ab03e3e6e000c6c95e09bf22/nedbornormaler-1961-1990.pdf
|title = Nedbørnormaler for stasjoner 1961–1990 (pdf)
|publisher = [[Norwegian Meteorological Institute]]
|access-date = October 29, 2023
|language = no
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231029084544/https://www.met.no/kss/_/attachment/download/826bd246-df4e-4e27-842c-a1183dc842e2:6d7864351447fba4ab03e3e6e000c6c95e09bf22/nedbornormaler-1961-1990.pdf
|archive-date = 2023-10-29}}</ref>
| source 2 = Weather Online,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/city?LANG=en&PLZ=_____&PLZN=_____&WMO=01151&CONT=euro&R=0&LEVEL=162&REGION=0004&LAND=NO&MOD=tab&ART=TMN&NOREGION=1&FMM=1&FYY=1996&LMM=12&LYY=2020 | title=Min. Temperature – Mo i Rana – Climate Robot Norway }}</ref> yr.no climate statistics Mo i Rana airport <ref name="yr.no" />
| date = Nov 2021
}}
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