Editing Rockledge, Florida (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|34.8|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|30.9|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|3.8|km2|disp=flip}} (11.03%) is water.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Rockledge city, Florida| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=January 30, 2012}}</ref>

It is bounded on the north by [[Cocoa, Florida|Cocoa]], on the west by the [[St. Johns River]] and scrubland, to the south by [[Viera, Florida|Viera]] ([[unincorporated area|unincorporated]]) and [[Melbourne, Florida|Melbourne]], and to the east by the [[Indian River Lagoon]] and [[Merritt Island, Florida|Merritt Island]] (unincorporated) on the opposite shore.

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Rockledge
|North     = [[Cocoa, Florida|Cocoa]]
|East      = [[Indian River (Florida)|Indian River]]
|South     = [[Viera, Florida|Viera]]
|West      = [[St. Johns River]]
}}
{{clear}}

===Climate===
Rockledge has a [[humid subtropical climate]], [[Köppen climate classification]] Cfa. The area's warm and humid climate is caused primarily by its proximity to the [[Gulf Stream]], which flows off the east coast of Florida. There are two major seasons which characterize the area. The warm season is hot and rainy lasting from June until late September. The cool season the dry season, October through May, brings more moderate temperatures and less frequent rainfall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/wxclimatology/monthly/32955|title=Rockledge, FL (32955) Monthly Weather Forecast - weather.com|website=weather.com|access-date=17 February 2018}}</ref>

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|location=    Rockledge, Florida
|temperature colour= <!--Enter "pastel" for pastel temperature colors, remove this line for the standard coloring.-->

|Jan record high F = 89
|Feb record high F = 92
|Mar record high F = 93
|Apr record high F = 97
|May record high F = 97
|Jun record high F = 101 
|Jul record high F = 102
|Aug record high F = 101
|Sep record high F = 98
|Oct record high F = 96
|Nov record high F = 91
|Dec record high F = 89
|year record high F = 102

|Jan high F = 71
|Feb high F = 74
|Mar high F = 77
|Apr high F = 81
|May high F = 86
|Jun high F = 90
|Jul high F = 91
|Aug high F = 91
|Sep high F = 88
|Oct high F = 84
|Nov high F = 79
|Dec high F = 73
|year high F =
|Jan low F = 49
|Feb low F = 52
|Mar low F = 55
|Apr low F = 60
|May low F = 67
|Jun low F = 72
|Jul low F = 73
|Aug low F = 73
|Sep low F = 73
|Oct low F = 68
|Nov low F = 60
|Dec low F = 53
|year low F =
|Jan record low F = 17
|Feb record low F = 27
|Mar record low F = 25
|Apr record low F = 35
|May record low F = 47
|Jun record low F = 55
|Jul record low F = 60
|Aug record low F = 60
|Sep record low F = 58
|Oct record low F = 41
|Nov record low F = 30
|Dec record low F = 21
|year record low F = 17
|precipitation colour= green
|Jan precipitation inch = 2.27
|Feb precipitation inch = 2.63
|Mar precipitation inch = 3.28
|Apr precipitation inch = 2.13
|May precipitation inch = 3.29
|Jun precipitation inch = 6.71
|Jul precipitation inch = 5.96
|Aug precipitation inch = 7.68
|Sep precipitation inch = 7.64
|Oct precipitation inch = 5.06
|Nov precipitation inch = 2.88
|Dec precipitation inch = 2.57
|year precipitation inch =   
|source 1= [http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/wxclimatology/monthly/32955 Weather Channel] accessdate February 29, 2012 |date=February 2012}}

===Environment===
Rainfall can run off from the city into the Indian River Lagoon, with resultant pollution. As a result, the city has banned fertilizing from June 1 to September 30 annually.<ref>{{Cite news | first=Jim | last=Waymer | title=Fertilizer | newspaper=[[Florida Today]] | location=[[Melbourne, Florida]] | pages= 2B | date=March 29, 2013 }}</ref>