Editing Montpelier, Vermont (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Winooski river montpelier.jpg|thumb|right|[[Winooski River]] at Montpelier]]
Montpelier is located in the north-central area of Vermont.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> The city center is a flat clay zone (elevation {{convert|520|ft|m|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}}), surrounded by hills and granite ledges. Towne Hill runs in a {{convert|2|mi|km|adj=on}} ridge (~{{convert|900|ft|m|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}}) along the northern edge of the city.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|10.3|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|10.2|sqmi|km2}} is land and 0.10% is water. The [[Winooski River]] flows west along the south edge of downtown village and is fed by several smaller tributaries that cut through residential districts. Montpelier has been subject to periodic flooding in the flat city center, with two major floods occurring in [[Great Vermont Flood of 1927|1927]] and in 1992.<ref name=":6">{{cite web | url = http://www.montpelierbridge.com/2014/03/the-rivers-and-montpelier/ | title = The Rivers and Montpelier | work = The Bridge | author = C. B. Hall | date = March 7, 2014 | access-date = November 27, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208140223/http://www.montpelierbridge.com/2014/03/the-rivers-and-montpelier/ | archive-date = December 8, 2015 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

On its borders are the towns of [[Middlesex, Vermont|Middlesex]] to the west, [[Berlin, Vermont|Berlin]] to the south, and [[East Montpelier, Vermont|East Montpelier]] to the north and east. Montpelier lies near the [[geographic center]] of the state.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/montpelier.html | title = Montpelier | publisher = Virtual Vermont | access-date = November 27, 2015 | quote = Montpelier's proximity to the geographic center of the state was a principal deciding factor. | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170713020504/http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/montpelier.html | archive-date = July 13, 2017 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref>  Though it does not share a border, Montpelier is frequently associated with the nearby city of [[Barre (city), Vermont|Barre]], and the two are often referred to together as "Barre-Montpelier".

===Climate===
Montpelier features a [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfb''), with long, cold, and snowy winters, short springs and autumns, and warm, humid summers. From January to July, daily means range from {{convert|16.4|to|67.3|F|C|1}}. In winter, lows fall below {{convert|0|F|1|disp=or}} on 24 mornings and daytime highs stay below freezing for the majority of afternoons from December to February. Snow is also frequent and remains on the ground for long stretches throughout the winter, though thaws are by no means infrequent. Average annual snowfall is {{convert|94.2|in|m|2|disp=or}}.<ref>[http://www.erh.noaa.gov/btv/climo/stations/montpelier.shtml NWS Burlington Forecast Office]</ref> Summers are warm and often humid, with 2 or 3 days above {{convert|90|F|1|disp=or}}, but rarely reaching {{convert|95|F|disp=or}}.

Extremes have ranged from {{convert|-34|F|1|disp=or}} in January 1981 to {{convert|97|F|1|disp=or}}, most recently recorded in July 1977.

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