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==Geography and climate== [[File:Devils Lake hydrograph.gif|thumb|Hydrograph Illustrating rising waters over the 1900–2015 time period.]] According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|6.965|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|6.959|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.006|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023"/> Like all of North Dakota, Devils Lake has a [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfb'') with very cold winters with frequent light snowfall, and warm to very warm, wetter summers with most rain from convective [[thunderstorms]]. During the [[1936 North American cold wave]], the town was one of the coldest places south of the Canada–US border, averaging {{convert|-21|F|C|1|disp=or}} for the five weeks ending February 21, 1936<ref>Kincer, J.B.; ‘Weather Cycle Changing: Present Hard Winter May Be a Foretaste of a Series of Colder and Wetter Years’; ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 21, 1936, p. E10</ref> (though at a different site from that now in use). On average 53.4 nights fall to or below {{convert|0|F|C|1|disp=or}}, 104.1 days fail to top freezing, and 184.5 nights fall below {{convert|32|F|C|disp=or}}. In the winter, only 17.5 days on average top freezing, and in severe winters months can pass without even a minor thaw. Extreme heat is rare in summer, with only one day in three years topping {{convert|100|F|C|1|disp=or}}, and only 9.3 topping {{convert|90|F|C|1|disp=or}}. {{Weather box |location = Devils Lake, North Dakota (1971–2000, extremes 1948–2001) |single line = Yes |Jan record high F = 53 |Feb record high F = 60 |Mar record high F = 72 |Apr record high F = 97 |May record high F = 96 |Jun record high F = 103 |Jul record high F = 103 |Aug record high F = 103 |Sep record high F = 100 |Oct record high F = 94 |Nov record high F = 77 |Dec record high F = 59 |year record high F = 103 |Jan high F = 14.7 |Feb high F = 22.3 |Mar high F = 33.6 |Apr high F = 52.1 |May high F = 67.5 |Jun high F = 75.3 |Jul high F = 80.1 |Aug high F = 79.1 |Sep high F = 67.7 |Oct high F = 53.9 |Nov high F = 33.1 |Dec high F = 19.4 |year high F = 49.9 |Jan low F = −2.5 |Feb low F = 5.2 |Mar low F = 17.3 |Apr low F = 32.2 |May low F = 44.9 |Jun low F = 54.3 |Jul low F = 58.6 |Aug low F = 56.2 |Sep low F = 46.5 |Oct low F = 34.6 |Nov low F = 18.4 |Dec low F = 3.6 |year low F = 30.8 |Jan record low F = −36 |Feb record low F = −37 |Mar record low F = −28 |Apr record low F = −12 |May record low F = 1 |Jun record low F = 29 |Jul record low F = 39 |Aug record low F = 33 |Sep record low F = 20 |Oct record low F = −2 |Nov record low F = −25 |Dec record low F = −37 |year record low F = −37 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation inch = 0.58 |Feb precipitation inch = 0.51 |Mar precipitation inch = 0.80 |Apr precipitation inch = 0.90 |May precipitation inch = 2.14 |Jun precipitation inch = 3.83 |Jul precipitation inch = 3.29 |Aug precipitation inch = 2.21 |Sep precipitation inch = 1.80 |Oct precipitation inch = 1.47 |Nov precipitation inch = 0.83 |Dec precipitation inch = 0.57 |Jan precipitation days = 8.4 |Feb precipitation days = 6.7 |Mar precipitation days = 7.2 |Apr precipitation days = 7.1 |May precipitation days = 9.5 |Jun precipitation days = 12.1 |Jul precipitation days = 10.1 |Aug precipitation days = 8.9 |Sep precipitation days = 8.4 |Oct precipitation days = 7.3 |Nov precipitation days = 6.8 |Dec precipitation days = 7.4 |unit precipitation days = 0.01 inch |Jan snow inch = 6.3 |Feb snow inch = 4.7 |Mar snow inch = 6.3 |Apr snow inch = 2.2 |May snow inch = 0.3 |Jun snow inch = 0.0 |Jul snow inch = 0.0 |Aug snow inch = 0.0 |Sep snow inch = 0.0 |Oct snow inch = 1.9 |Nov snow inch = 5.4 |Dec snow inch = 7.2 |Jan snow days = 6.2 |Feb snow days = 3.7 |Mar snow days = 3.8 |Apr snow days = 1.1 |May snow days = 0.1 |Jun snow days = 0.0 |Jul snow days = 0.0 |Aug snow days = 0.0 |Sep snow days = 0.1 |Oct snow days = 0.7 |Nov snow days = 3.1 |Dec snow days = 4.8 |unit snow days = 0.1 inch |source 1 = NOAA<ref name=NOAA> {{cite web |url= http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/climatenormals/clim20/nd/322158.pdf |publisher= [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |title= DEVILS LAKE KDLR (022329) – Climatography of the United States No. 20, 1971–2000 |year= 2004 }} Retrieved on August 28, 2015. </ref> |date=August 2015 }}
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