Editing Fayette County, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|798|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|790|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|8.0|sqmi}} (1.0%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_42.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 5, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> The western portion of the county contains rolling foothills and two valleys along the [[Monongahela River|Monongahela]] and [[Youghiogheny River|Youghiogheny]] rivers. The eastern portion of the county is highly mountainous and forested. Many coal mines are located within the area.<ref>[http://patheoldminer.rootsweb.ancestry.com/fayecho1.html Coal Miners Memorial Echo Mine, Fayette City, Fayette Co., PA, U.S.A] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707140257/http://patheoldminer.rootsweb.ancestry.com/fayecho1.html|date=July 7, 2011}}. Patheoldminer.rootsweb.ancestry.com (December 17, 2009). Retrieved on July 23, 2013.</ref> Fayette County is one of the 423 counties served by the [[Appalachian Regional Commission]],<ref name="ARC">{{cite web |title=About the Appalachian Region |url=https://www.arc.gov/about-the-appalachian-region/ |publisher=Appalachian Regional Commission |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref> and it is identified as part of "Greater Appalachia" by Colin Woodard in his book ''[[American Nations|American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America]]''.<ref name="NYT_CW">{{cite news |last1=Woodard |first1=Colin |title=The Maps That Show That City vs. Country Is Not Our Political Fault Line |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/opinion/urban-rural-united-states-regions-midterms.html |work=New York Times |date=July 30, 2018 |access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Westmoreland County]] (north)
*[[Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Somerset County]] (east)
*[[Garrett County, Maryland]] (southeast)
*[[Preston County, West Virginia]] (south)
*[[Monongalia County, West Virginia]] (southwest)
*[[Greene County, Pennsylvania|Greene County]] (west)
*[[Washington County, Pennsylvania|Washington County]] (northwest)

===National protected areas===
* [[Fort Necessity National Battlefield]]
* [[Friendship Hill National Historic Site]]

===Climate===
Fayette has a [[humid continental climate]] (''Dfa''/''Dfb'').
{{Weather box
|location=Uniontown, Pennsylvania (1981-2010; Extremes 1974–present)
|single line=yes
|Jan record high F= 79
|Feb record high F= 77
|Mar record high F= 88
|Apr record high F = 93
|May record high F = 93
|Jun record high F = 97
|Jul record high F = 102
|Aug record high F = 102
|Sep record high F = 99
|Oct record high F = 95
|Nov record high F = 88
|Dec record high F = 77
|Jan high F = 39
|Feb high F = 43
|Mar high F = 51
|Apr high F = 63
|May high F = 72
|Jun high F = 81
|Jul high F = 84
|Aug high F = 83
|Sep high F = 76
|Oct high F = 65
|Nov high F = 54
|Dec high F = 43
|Jan low F = 20
|Feb low F = 22
|Mar low F = 28
|Apr low F = 37
|May low F = 46
|Jun low F = 56
|Jul low F = 60
|Aug low F = 59
|Sep low F = 51
|Oct low F = 40
|Nov low F = 32
|Dec low F = 24
|Jan record low F = -22
|Feb record low F = -16
|Mar record low F = -3
|Apr record low F = 15
|May record low F = 23
|Jun record low F = 33
|Jul record low F = 37
|Aug record low F = 34
|Sep record low F = 29
|Oct record low F = 16
|Nov record low F = -1
|Dec record low F = -14
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 2.8
|Feb precipitation inch = 2.7
|Mar precipitation inch = 3.8
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.0
|May precipitation inch = 4.4
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.3
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.8
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.9
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.6
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.9
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.5
|Dec precipitation inch = 3.2
|Jan snow inch = 8.4
|Feb snow inch = 7.2
|Mar snow inch = 4.6
|Apr snow inch = 0.4
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 0.9
|Dec snow inch = 4.4
|date=June 2016}}