Editing Fridley, Minnesota (section)

===Climate===
{{Main|Climate of Minnesota|Climate of the Twin Cities}}

Fridley shares its climate with nearby Minneapolis. It has a hot-summer [[humid continental climate]] zone (''Dfa'' in the [[Köppen climate classification]]),<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Peel |first1=M. C. |last2=Finlayson |first2=B. L. |last3=McMahon |first3=T. A. |title=Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification |journal=Hydrology and Earth System Sciences |date=October 2007 |volume=11 |issue=5 |pages=1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007|bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P |url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00298818/|doi-access=free }}</ref> typical of southern parts of the [[Upper Midwest]], and is situated in USDA [[hardiness zone|plant hardiness]] zone 4b.<ref>[http://climate.umn.edu/pdf/normals_means_and_extremes/2005_Annual_LCD_MSP_page_3.pdf Normals, Means, and Extremes for Minneapolis/Saint Paul (1971–2000)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100720065506/http://climate.umn.edu/pdf/normals_means_and_extremes/2005_Annual_LCD_MSP_page_3.pdf |date=July 20, 2010}}: Mean of Extreme Mins for January</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=''Pioneer Press'' staff |title=USDA: Milder winters mean some changes in plant hardiness zones |url=http://www.twincities.com/2012/01/24/usda-milder-winters-mean-some-changes-in-plant-hardiness-zones/ |access-date=July 21, 2016 |work=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]|date=January 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721202402/http://www.twincities.com/2012/01/24/usda-milder-winters-mean-some-changes-in-plant-hardiness-zones/ |archive-date=July 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/ |title=USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map |publisher=Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |date=2012 |access-date=August 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227032333/http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/ |archive-date=February 27, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> As is typical in a continental climate, the difference between average temperatures in the coldest winter month and the warmest summer month is great: {{convert|60.1|F-change}}.