Editing Ossipee, New Hampshire (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|195.0|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|182.5|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|12.4|sqkm|order=flip}} are water, comprising 6.38% of the town.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> Ossipee is drained by the [[Ossipee River]] and its tributaries. [[Ossipee Lake]], in the northeastern part of the town, is the source of the Ossipee River and receives its tributaries the [[Pine River (New Hampshire)|Pine]], [[Beech River (New Hampshire)|Beech]], [[Bearcamp River|Bearcamp]] and [[Lovell River|Lovell]] rivers. The highest point in Ossipee is {{convert|2080|ft|m}} above [[sea level]] on an unnamed ridge in the Ossipee Mountains in the western part of town.

The town is crossed by state routes [[New Hampshire Route 16|16]], [[New Hampshire Route 25|25]], [[New Hampshire Route 28|28]] and [[New Hampshire Route 171|171]].

The two primary settlements in town are [[Center Ossipee, New Hampshire|Center Ossipee]], located near the southern junction of routes 16 and 25, and Ossipee Corner (shown as "Ossipee" on topographic maps), located {{convert|5|mi|0}} south of Center Ossipee at the junction of routes 28 and 171 and close to Route 16.  Other villages include [[West Ossipee, New Hampshire|West Ossipee]], at the northern junction of routes 16 and 25 near the border with Tamworth; Moultonville, directly west of Center Ossipee; and Water Village, along Route 171 near the border with Tuftonboro.

===Adjacent municipalities===
* [[Madison, New Hampshire|Madison]] (north)
* [[Freedom, New Hampshire|Freedom]] (north)
* [[Effingham, New Hampshire|Effingham]] (east)
* [[Wakefield, New Hampshire|Wakefield]] (southeast)
* [[Wolfeboro, New Hampshire|Wolfeboro]] (south)
* [[Tuftonboro, New Hampshire|Tuftonboro]] (southwest)
* [[Moultonborough, New Hampshire|Moultonborough]] (west)
* [[Tamworth, New Hampshire|Tamworth]] (northwest)

===Climate===
According to the [[Köppen climate classification]], Ossipee has a [[Humid continental climate#Warm summer subtype|warm-summer humid continental climate]] (abbreviated ''Dfb'').

{{Weather box
|location = Ossipee, 1991–2020 simulated normals (476 ft elevation)
|collapsed = 
|single line = y
|precipitation colour  =green
|Jan precipitation mm  =85.76
|Feb precipitation mm  =80.61
|Mar precipitation mm  =94.44
|Apr precipitation mm  =104.49
|May precipitation mm  =92.73
|Jun precipitation mm  =110.30
|Jul precipitation mm  =106.88
|Aug precipitation mm  =96.28
|Sep precipitation mm  =95.74
|Oct precipitation mm  =132.67
|Nov precipitation mm  =104.41
|Dec precipitation mm  =111.48
|Jan high C = -1.1
|Feb high C = 0.7
|Mar high C = 5.3
|Apr high C = 12.6
|May high C = 19.5
|Jun high C = 24.3
|Jul high C = 27.1
|Aug high C = 26.4
|Sep high C = 22.0
|Oct high C = 14.7
|Nov high C = 7.8
|Dec high C = 1.9
|Jan mean C  =-6.9
|Feb mean C  =-5.9
|Mar mean C  =-0.9
|Apr mean C  =6.1
|May mean C  =12.7
|Jun mean C  =17.7
|Jul mean C  =20.6
|Aug mean C  =19.6
|Sep mean C  =15.3
|Oct mean C  =8.6
|Nov mean C  =2.5
|Dec mean C  =-3.2
|Jan low C = -12.8
|Feb low C = -12.4
|Mar low C = -7.0
|Apr low C = -0.5
|May low C = 5.9
|Jun low C = 11.2
|Jul low C = 14.0
|Aug low C = 12.9
|Sep low C = 8.5
|Oct low C = 2.4
|Nov low C = -2.8
|Dec low C = -8.3
|Jan dew point C =-11.3
|Feb dew point C =-11.1
|Mar dew point C =-7.2
|Apr dew point C =-1.6
|May dew point C =5.5
|Jun dew point C =11.7
|Jul dew point C =14.9
|Aug dew point C =14.4
|Sep dew point C =10.8
|Oct dew point C =4.0
|Nov dew point C =-2.2
|Dec dew point C =-7.2
|source 1 = PRISM Climate Group<ref>{{cite web
  | url=https://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/
  | title=PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University
  | publisher=Northwest Alliance for Computational Science & Engineering (NACSE), based at Oregon State University
  | access-date=March 16, 2023}}</ref>
  | date=March 16, 2023}}