Editing Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|465|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|459|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|5.8|sqmi}} (1.3%) 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 8, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> It has a [[humid continental climate]] which is warm-summer (''Dfb'') except along the Lackawanna River from Olyphant and Blakely below Peckville on down and along the Susquehanna where it is hot-summer (''Dfa''). Average monthly temperatures in downtown Scranton range from 26.0&nbsp;°F in January to 71.9&nbsp;°F in July, in Carbondale they range from 23.8&nbsp;°F in January to 69.7&nbsp;°F in July, and in Moscow they range from 22.6&nbsp;°F in January to 68.4&nbsp;°F in July.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/ | title=PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University }}</ref>

The [[hardiness zone]] is 6a in higher northern, eastern, and southern areas and 6b in most other areas except in Old Forge, lower areas of Moosic, and Scranton along the Lackawanna River to downtown where it is 7a. [https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/]

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania|Susquehanna County]] (north)
*[[Wayne County, Pennsylvania|Wayne County]] (east)
*[[Monroe County, Pennsylvania|Monroe County]] (southeast)
*[[Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|Luzerne County]] (southwest)
*[[Wyoming County, Pennsylvania|Wyoming County]] (west)

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