Editing Cameron, Missouri (section)

== Geography ==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|6.30|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|6.04|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.26|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is 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=2012-07-08 |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=2012-07-02 }}</ref>

===Unusual street grid===
More than two thirds of the community is in Clinton County, south of NE Platte/8th Street/County Road 56. This area includes the original olde town center, Cameron High School and Veterans Home. The area north of the street in DeKalb includes the [[Crossroads Correctional Center]] and [[Western Missouri Correctional Center]], and the shopping centers next to [[U.S. Route 36 in Missouri|U.S. 36]]. In addition, portions of the community stretch east to the [[Caldwell County, Missouri|Caldwell County]] line. The north-south-east division creates an unusual street grid naming system in which some streets in the northern part of Cameron in DeKalb follow that county's naming structure of Southeast Rogers Road, Southeast Summit Road, Southeast Pence Road, etc. while roads in the south of Cameron in northern Clinton County have road names of Northeast 358th Street, Northeast 348th Street, etc. These latter street names and directions represent a continuation of the street system for [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]]. With Caldwell County on the east side of Cameron, that means that street name extensions in Caldwell County on the far east side have a prefix of Northwest such as Northwest Old Highway 36. In one instance just outside the city limits, Southeast Oregon Road in Dekalb County becomes Northwest Oregon Road in Caldwell County when heading east from Cameron.

===Climate===
{{climate chart
|Cameron, Missouri
|15|35|1.1
|19|40|1.4
|31|52|2.5
|40|63|3.7
|53|74|5.3
|63|83|4.7
|67|87|4.6
|65|86|4.2
|56|79|4.2
|44|66|2.9
|32|52|2.7
|21|40|1.8
|units = imperial
|float = right
|clear = both}}

Cameron experiences a [[humid continental climate]], with cold and snowy winters and hot and humid summers. Extreme weather, such as [[thunderstorm]]s and [[tornado]]es, can and have occurred in Cameron. Snow falls during the winter months, while late spring and early summer are the wettest time of the year.
{{Weather box|width=auto
|location = Cameron, Missouri
|single line = Y
|Jan high F = 35.1
|Feb high F = 40.3
|Mar high F = 52.1
|Apr high F = 63.4
|May high F = 73.6
|Jun high F = 83.0
|Jul high F = 87.3
|Aug high F = 85.5
|Sep high F = 78.5
|Oct high F = 66.2
|Nov high F = 51.5
|Dec high F = 39.7
|Jan record high F = 72
|Feb record high F = 79
|Mar record high F = 86
|Apr record high F = 92
|May record high F = 97
|Jun record high F = 102
|Jul record high F = 109
|Aug record high F = 108
|Sep record high F = 100
|Oct record high F = 96
|Nov record high F = 82
|Dec record high F = 72
|year record high F= 109
|year high F = 63.0
|Jan low F = 15.1
|Feb low F = 19.1
|Mar low F = 30.7
|Apr low F = 39.9
|May low F = 52.7
|Jun low F = 63.1
|Jul low F = 67.1
|Aug low F = 64.9
|Sep low F = 55.5
|Oct low F = 43.9
|Nov low F = 31.7
|Dec low F = 21.2
|Jan record low F = −27
|Feb record low F = −27
|Mar record low F = −17
|Apr record low F = 7
|May record low F = 25
|Jun record low F = 34
|Jul record low F = 43
|Aug record low F = 40
|Sep record low F = 27
|Oct record low F = 14
|Nov record low F = −10
|Dec record low F = −27
|year record low F = −27
|year low F = 42.1
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 1.14
|Feb precipitation inch = 1.40
|Mar precipitation inch = 2.52
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.72
|May precipitation inch = 5.30
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.69
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.64
|Aug precipitation inch = 4.22
|Sep precipitation inch = 4.24
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.91
|Nov precipitation inch = 2.66
|Dec precipitation inch = 1.76
|year precipitation inch = 39.20
|Jan snow inch = 5.5
|Feb snow inch = 8.2
|Mar snow inch = 1.9
|Apr snow inch = 0.4
|May snow inch = 0.4
|Jun snow inch =  0
|Jul snow inch =  0
|Aug snow inch =  0
|Sep snow inch =  0
|Oct snow inch =  0
|Nov snow inch = 0.9
|Dec snow inch = 4.4
|year snow inch= 21.7
|source 1 = NOAA<ref name= NOAA>{{cite web
  |url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/us-climate-normals/#dataset=normals-monthly&timeframe=30&station=USC00231216
  |title = NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access
  |publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
  |access-date = 2021-08-11
  |archive-date = May 5, 2021
  |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210505115421/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/us-climate-normals/#dataset=normals-monthly&timeframe=30&station=USC00231216
  |url-status = live
  }}</ref>
}}