Editing Quedlinburg (section)

==Geography==

===Location===
The town is located north of the [[Harz]] mountains, about 123 m above [[Normalhöhennull|NHN]]. The nearest mountains reach 181 m above NHN. The largest part of the town is located in the western part of the [[Bode (river)|Bode]] river valley. This river comes from the [[Harz]] mountains and flows into the river [[Saale]], a tributary of the river [[Elbe]]. The municipal area of Quedlinburg is {{convert|120.42|km2|abbr=off}}. Before the incorporation of the two (previously independent) municipalities of [[Gernrode]] and [[Bad Suderode]] in January 2014,<ref>[https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Laender-Regionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Namens-Grenz-Aenderung/2014.html Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2014], [[Statistisches Bundesamt]]</ref> it was only {{convert|78.14|km2|abbr=off}}.

=== Divisions ===
The town Quedlinburg consists of Quedlinburg proper and the following ''Ortsteile'' or municipal divisions:<ref name=Hauptsatzung>[https://www.quedlinburg.de/de/datei/anzeigen/id/61778,1148,1/1.02_hauptsatzung_2018.pdf Hauptsatzung der Welterbestadt Quedlinburg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120101258/http://www.quedlinburg.de/de/datei/anzeigen/id/61778,1148,1/1.02_hauptsatzung_2018.pdf |date=20 January 2022 }}, December 2018.</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
*[[Bad Suderode]]
*[[Gernrode]]
*Gersdorfer Burg
*Morgenrot
*Münchenhof
*Quarmbeck
{{div col end}}

===Neighbouring communities===
{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Quedlinburg
|North     = [[Oschersleben]]
|Northeast = [[Magdeburg]]
|East      = [[Aschersleben]]
|Southeast = [[Halle, Saxony-Anhalt|Halle]]
|South     = [[Sangerhausen]]
|Southwest = [[Nordhausen (district)|Nordhausen]]
|West      = [[Blankenburg (Harz)|Blankenburg]]
|Northwest = [[Halberstadt]]
}}

===Climate===
Quedlinburg has an [[oceanic climate]] (Cfb) resulting from prevailing [[westerlies]], blowing from the high-pressure area in the central Atlantic towards Scandinavia. Snowfall occurs almost every winter. January and February are the coldest months of the year, with an average temperature of 0.5&nbsp;°C and 1.5&nbsp;°C. July and August are the hottest months, with an average temperature of 17&nbsp;°C (63&nbsp;°F) and 18&nbsp;°C (64&nbsp;°F). The average annual precipitation is close to 438&nbsp;mm with rain occurring usually from May to September. This precipitation is one of the lowest in Germany, which has an annual average hovering around 440 &nbsp;mm. In August 2010, Quedlinburg was the driest place in Germany, with only 72.4 L/m<sup>2</sup>.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150923230049/http://www.dwd.de/bvbw/generator/DWDWWW/Content/Oeffentlichkeit/KU/allgemeines/spitzenreiter/2010/bms__201008,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/bms_201008.pdf Press release of the Deutsche Wetterdienst] (pdf, German)</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Quedlinburg
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan high C = 2
|Feb high C = 4
|Mar high C = 8
|Apr high C = 13
|May high C = 19
|Jun high C = 21
|Jul high C = 22
|Aug high C = 23
|Sep high C = 19
|Oct high C = 13
|Nov high C = 6
|Dec high C = 3
|Jan mean C = 0.5
|Feb mean C = 1.5
|Mar mean C = 4.5
|Apr mean C = 8.0
|May mean C = 13.5
|Jun mean C = 15.5
|Jul mean C = 17.0
|Aug mean C = 18.0
|Sep mean C = 14.0
|Oct mean C = 9.5
|Nov mean C = 3.5
|Dec mean C = 1.5
|Jan low C = -1
|Feb low C = -1
|Mar low C = 1
|Apr low C = 3
|May low C = 8
|Jun low C = 10
|Jul low C = 12
|Aug low C = 13
|Sep low C = 9
|Oct low C = 6
|Nov low C = 1
|Dec low C = 0
|Jan precipitation mm = 23
|Feb precipitation mm = 22
|Mar precipitation mm = 28
|Apr precipitation mm = 38
|May precipitation mm = 53
|Jun precipitation mm = 57
|Jul precipitation mm = 47
|Aug precipitation mm = 54
|Sep precipitation mm = 33
|Oct precipitation mm = 27
|Nov precipitation mm = 30
|Dec precipitation mm = 26
|Jan humidity= 87
|Feb humidity= 83
|Mar humidity= 82
|Apr humidity= 74
|May humidity= 67
|Jun humidity= 71
|Jul humidity= 72
|Aug humidity= 69
|Sep humidity= 78
|Oct humidity= 82
|Nov humidity= 87
|Dec humidity= 86
|Jan rain days= 11
|Feb rain days= 9
|Mar rain days= 10
|Apr rain days= 10
|May rain days= 10
|Jun rain days= 11
|Jul rain days= 10
|Aug rain days= 10
|Sep rain days= 9
|Oct rain days= 9
|Nov rain days= 11
|Dec rain days= 12
|Jan sun= 47.2
|Feb sun= 66.9
|Mar sun= 107.5
|Apr sun= 136.7
|May sun= 182.6
|Jun sun= 172.2
|Jul sun= 186.4
|Aug sun= 183.6
|Sep sun= 139.0
|Oct sun= 104.9
|Nov sun= 63.2
|Dec sun= 42.1
|source 1 = Deutscher Wetterdienst, Normalperiode 1961–1990<ref name=weatherchannel>{{cite web
| title = Deutscher Wetterdienst, Normalperiode 1961–1990
| url = http://www.dwd.de
| publisher=Deutscher Wetterdienst | language =de}}</ref>
|date=August 2010
|source 2 = Zoover<ref>{{cite web
| title = Zoover data by DWD
| url = http://www.zoover.de/deutschland/sachsen-anhalt/quedlinburg/wetter
| date = December 2010
| access-date = 12 December 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190426200652/http://www.zoover.de/deutschland/sachsen-anhalt/quedlinburg/wetter
| archive-date = 26 April 2019
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>
}}