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==Geography== {{Main|Geography of Minot, North Dakota}} According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has an area of {{convert|27.734|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|27.701|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.033|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2024"/> ===Neighborhoods=== {{main|List of neighborhoods in Minot, North Dakota}} Minot is commonly divided into three major sections: [[North Hill, Minot|North Hill]], the Mouse River Valley and [[South Hill, Minot|South Hill]]. North Hill is the area roughly north of Eleventh Avenue North and Northwest Avenue. South Hill is a broad area south and west of Valley Street and Fifth Avenue South. West of Sixth Street West, South Hill dips sharply to the southwest. South Hill's limits are less clearly defined than North Hill's. Though the neighborhood levels out past 16th Street South, the name South Hill is generally applied to all areas south up to the city limits. Neighborhoods in the Mouse River Valley include [[Bel Air, Minot|Bel Air]], [[Downtown Minot|Downtown]], [[Eastwood Park Historic District|Eastwood Park]], [[Oak Park, Minot, North Dakota|Oak Park]] and [[West Minot]]. ===Region=== Minot is on the [[Drift Prairie]] of northwestern North Dakota, about {{convert|110|mi|km}} north of [[Bismarck, North Dakota|Bismarck]]. The [[Mouse River]], or Souris River, runs through the city west to east. Minot is almost entirely land; the Mouse River, its oxbow lakes, and a few creeks take up just 0.14% of the city's area. The elevation of the river at the city center is approximately {{convert|1,540|ft|m}} [[AMSL|above sea level]].<ref>[[National Weather Service]], Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service, [http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=bis&gage=mion8&view=1,0,1,0,1,1,1,1%22] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003143734/http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=bis&gage=mion8&view=1,0,1,0,1,1,1,1%22|date=October 3, 2011}}</ref> The valley sits {{convert|160|ft|m}} below the surrounding plains; the elevation at the [[Minot International Airport]] on North Hill is {{convert|1716|ft|m}}. The city has several small horseshoe-shaped oxbow lakes within its limits near the river, created by the Mouse's meandering course. ===Grid and address system=== The city is laid out on a grid-based street system. Streets run north–south and avenues run east–west. Streets are numbered by their block distance east or west of Main Street. Avenues are numbered north and south of Central Avenue. There are four city quadrants (NW, SW, SE, NE) to designate the location of any address. Main Street addresses are designated North and South. Central Avenue addresses are designated East and West. The grid system carries over into the rural areas of [[Ward County, North Dakota|Ward County]], making the county one of only three that do not follow the statewide grid system (the others are [[Burleigh County]] and [[Grand Forks County]]). ===Mouse River=== The [[Mouse River]] divides the city approximately in half, north and south. The valley rises to the plains both north and south of the river. Although there are names for certain features of these hills, such as Anthony Hill on South Hill, there are no general names for these topographical features. The northern rise and the plateau north of it are called North Hill and the southern rise and plateau south of it are called South Hill.<ref name="castro2012">{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127034902/http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=59204 |last=Castro |first=Jenny |title=City Budget Adding Jobs |website=[[KFYR-TV]] |archive-date=January 27, 2013 |url=http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=59204 |url-status=dead |date=September 11, 2012}}</ref> ===Climate=== {{see also|Climate of North Dakota}} Minot experiences a [[warm-summer humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Dfb''). Like [[Central Asia]], it exhibits great temperature variation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.eng.unimelb.edu.au/mpeel/koppen.html |title=Updated Köppen-Geiger climate map of the world |website=people.eng.unimelb.edu.au |access-date=December 21, 2018 |archive-date=July 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720065448/http://people.eng.unimelb.edu.au/mpeel/koppen.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Summers range from warm to moderately hot, with frequent [[thunderstorm]] activity. Winters are typically bitterly cold and snowy, with high winds and below-freezing temperatures for weeks at a time. Lows below {{convert|0|°F|0}} occur on about 39 days during the winter, while temperatures reach {{convert|90|°F|0}} on 14 days per summer, and in some years reach {{convert|100|°F|0}}.<ref>[[National Climatic Data Center]], Monthly Station Normals (1971–2000) for North Dakota, [http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/climatenormals/clim81/NDnorm.txt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814171347/http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/climatenormals/clim81/NDnorm.txt|date=August 14, 2014}}. Retrieved November 20, 2006.</ref> The average annual snowfall total is {{convert|42.5|in|cm}}.<ref name="dri-climData">{{cite web|title=Period of Record Monthly Climate Summary |url=https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?nd5988 |url-status=live |access-date=February 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212010515/https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?nd5988 |website=Western Regional Climate Center |archive-date=February 12, 2023}}</ref> {{Weather box|location = Minot, North Dakota (southern suburb), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1905–present<ref>The station is located at {{coord|48.1803|N|101.2964|W|type:landmark_region:US-ND}}.</ref> |collapsed = |single line = Y |Jan record high F = 59 |Feb record high F = 64 |Mar record high F = 80 |Apr record high F = 98 |May record high F = 105 |Jun record high F = 109 |Jul record high F = 109 |Aug record high F = 106 |Sep record high F = 104 |Oct record high F = 91 |Nov record high F = 77 |Dec record high F = 66 |year record high F = 109 |Jan high F = 18.5 |Feb high F = 22.4 |Mar high F = 34.7 |Apr high F = 51.4 |May high F = 65.0 |Jun high F = 73.9 |Jul high F = 79.7 |Aug high F = 79.9 |Sep high F = 69.5 |Oct high F = 53.4 |Nov high F = 36.1 |Dec high F = 23.3 |year high F = 50.6 |Jan mean F = 9.6 |Feb mean F = 13.3 |Mar mean F = 25.2 |Apr mean F = 39.9 |May mean F = 53.2 |Jun mean F = 63.1 |Jul mean F = 68.1 |Aug mean F = 67.0 |Sep mean F = 57.1 |Oct mean F = 42.5 |Nov mean F = 27.1 |Dec mean F = 14.9 |year mean F = 40.1 |Jan low F = 0.7 |Feb low F = 4.2 |Mar low F = 15.7 |Apr low F = 28.5 |May low F = 41.4 |Jun low F = 52.3 |Jul low F = 56.5 |Aug low F = 54.0 |Sep low F = 44.7 |Oct low F = 31.5 |Nov low F = 18.1 |Dec low F = 6.4 |year low F = 29.5 |Jan record low F = −47 |Feb record low F = −49 |Mar record low F = −35 |Apr record low F = −12 |May record low F = 9 |Jun record low F = 24 |Jul record low F = 30 |Aug record low F = 26 |Sep record low F = 11 |Oct record low F = -16 |Nov record low F = −27 |Dec record low F = −44 |year record low F = −49 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation inch = 0.63 |Feb precipitation inch = 0.58 |Mar precipitation inch = 0.84 |Apr precipitation inch = 1.22 |May precipitation inch = 2.78 |Jun precipitation inch = 3.74 |Jul precipitation inch = 2.54 |Aug precipitation inch = 2.11 |Sep precipitation inch = 1.65 |Oct precipitation inch = 1.41 |Nov precipitation inch = 0.98 |Dec precipitation inch = 0.80 |year precipitation inch = 19.28 |Jan snow inch = 8.3 |Feb snow inch = 6.9 |Mar snow inch = 7.8 |Apr snow inch = 4.4 |May snow inch = 1.8 |Jun snow inch = 0.0 |Jul snow inch = 0.0 |Aug snow inch = 0.0 |Sep snow inch = 0.0 |Oct snow inch = 3.6 |Nov snow inch = 8.9 |Dec snow inch = 10.1 |year snow inch = 51.8 |unit precipitation days = 0.01 in |Jan precipitation days = 7.1 |Feb precipitation days = 6.4 |Mar precipitation days = 5.8 |Apr precipitation days = 6.9 |May precipitation days = 9.8 |Jun precipitation days = 11.8 |Jul precipitation days = 9.2 |Aug precipitation days = 8.5 |Sep precipitation days = 7.1 |Oct precipitation days = 7.1 |Nov precipitation days = 6.1 |Dec precipitation days = 7.4 |year precipitation days = 93.2 |unit snow days = 0.1 in |Jan snow days = 6.1 |Feb snow days = 5.8 |Mar snow days = 4.1 |Apr snow days = 1.6 |May snow days = 0.7 |Jun snow days = 0.0 |Jul snow days = 0.0 |Aug snow days = 0.0 |Sep snow days = 0.0 |Oct snow days = 1.3 |Nov snow days = 4.3 |Dec snow days = 6.5 |year snow days = 30.4 |source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name= NOAA>{{cite web | url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=bis | title = NowData - NOAA Online Weather Data | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | access-date = September 18, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00325993&format=pdf | title = Station: Minot EXP STN, ND | work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020) | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | access-date = September 18, 2021 | archive-date = September 18, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210918143613/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00325993&format=pdf | url-status = live }}</ref> }} {{Weather box|location = [[Minot International Airport|Minot Int'l]], North Dakota (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1948–present) |collapsed = Y |single line = Y |Jan record high F = 61 |Feb record high F = 66 |Mar record high F = 79 |Apr record high F = 94 |May record high F = 99 |Jun record high F = 105 |Jul record high F = 105 |Aug record high F = 107 |Sep record high F = 106 |Oct record high F = 94 |Nov record high F = 79 |Dec record high F = 62 |year record high F = 107 |Jan high F = 23.3 |Feb high F = 27.0 |Mar high F = 39.5 |Apr high F = 55.8 |May high F = 68.9 |Jun high F = 77.5 |Jul high F = 83.8 |Aug high F = 83.7 |Sep high F = 73.1 |Oct high F = 56.8 |Nov high F = 39.7 |Dec high F = 27.2 |year high F = 54.7 |Jan mean F = 13.8 |Feb mean F = 17.3 |Mar mean F = 29.2 |Apr mean F = 43.5 |May mean F = 56.1 |Jun mean F = 65.6 |Jul mean F = 71.2 |Aug mean F = 70.1 |Sep mean F = 60.1 |Oct mean F = 45.6 |Nov mean F = 30.2 |Dec mean F = 18.3 |year mean F = 43.4 |Jan low F = 4.4 |Feb low F = 7.7 |Mar low F = 19.0 |Apr low F = 31.2 |May low F = 43.3 |Jun low F = 53.6 |Jul low F = 58.5 |Aug low F = 56.4 |Sep low F = 47.1 |Oct low F = 34.3 |Nov low F = 20.6 |Dec low F = 9.3 |year low F = 32.1 |Jan record low F = −34 |Feb record low F = −34 |Mar record low F = −29 |Apr record low F = −5 |May record low F = 17 |Jun record low F = 32 |Jul record low F = 39 |Aug record low F = 32 |Sep record low F = 21 |Oct record low F = 0 |Nov record low F = −20 |Dec record low F = −36 |year record low F = −36 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation inch = 0.28 |Feb precipitation inch = 0.29 |Mar precipitation inch = 0.51 |Apr precipitation inch = 1.00 |May precipitation inch = 2.73 |Jun precipitation inch = 3.73 |Jul precipitation inch = 2.50 |Aug precipitation inch = 2.08 |Sep precipitation inch = 1.57 |Oct precipitation inch = 1.15 |Nov precipitation inch = 0.56 |Dec precipitation inch = 0.31 |year precipitation inch = 16.71 |Jan snow inch = 9.8 |Feb snow inch = 5.4 |Mar snow inch = 6.1 |Apr snow inch = 4.5 |May snow inch = 0.7 |Jun snow inch = 0.0 |Jul snow inch = 0.0 |Aug snow inch = 0.0 |Sep snow inch = 0.1 |Oct snow inch = 1.2 |Nov snow inch = 9.2 |Dec snow inch = 8.1 |year snow inch = 45.1 |unit precipitation days = 0.01 in |Jan precipitation days = 5.5 |Feb precipitation days = 4.2 |Mar precipitation days = 5.3 |Apr precipitation days = 7.3 |May precipitation days = 10.2 |Jun precipitation days = 12.1 |Jul precipitation days = 9.8 |Aug precipitation days = 8.1 |Sep precipitation days = 7.0 |Oct precipitation days = 6.9 |Nov precipitation days = 5.2 |Dec precipitation days = 5.6 |year precipitation days = 87.2 |unit snow days = 0.1 in |Jan snow days = 8.1 |Feb snow days = 5.6 |Mar snow days = 3.7 |Apr snow days = 2.3 |May snow days = 0.3 |Jun snow days = 0.1 |Jul snow days = 0.0 |Aug snow days = 0.0 |Sep snow days = 0.2 |Oct snow days = 1.1 |Nov snow days = 6.2 |Dec snow days = 7.8 |year snow days = 35.4 |source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name="NOAA"/><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USW00024013&format=pdf | title = Station: Minot INTL AP, ND | work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020) | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | access-date = September 18, 2021 | archive-date = September 18, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210918143613/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USW00024013&format=pdf | url-status = live }}</ref> |date=December 2013}}
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