Editing Saint Paul, Minnesota (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Meeker Island Lock and Dam.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Meeker Island]] Lock and Dam was the first lock and dam on the Mississippi River in 1902.]]
Saint Paul's history and growth as a landing port are tied to water. The city's defining physical characteristic, the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers, was carved into the region during the [[Wisconsin glaciation|last ice age]], as were the steep river bluffs and dramatic palisades on which the city is built. Receding [[glacier]]s and [[Lake Agassiz]] forced torrents of water from a [[Glacial River Warren|glacial river]] that served the river valleys.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mississippi: River Facts |publisher=U.S. National Park Service |date=August 14, 2006 |url=http://www.nps.gov/miss/riverfacts.htm |access-date=July 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106103328/http://www.nps.gov/miss/riverfacts.htm |archive-date=January 6, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> The city is situated in east-central Minnesota.

The Mississippi River forms a municipal boundary on part of the city's west, southwest, and southeast sides. [[Minneapolis]], the state's largest city, lies to the west. [[Falcon Heights, Minnesota|Falcon Heights]], [[Lauderdale, Minnesota|Lauderdale]], [[Roseville, Minnesota|Roseville]], and [[Maplewood, Minnesota|Maplewood]] are north, with Maplewood lying to the east. The cities of [[West St. Paul, Minnesota|West Saint Paul]] and [[South Saint Paul]] are to the south, as are [[Lilydale, Minnesota|Lilydale]], [[Mendota, Minnesota|Mendota]], and [[Mendota Heights]], across the river from the city. The city's largest lakes are Pig's Eye Lake, which is part of the Mississippi, [[Lake Phalen]], and [[Lake Como (Minnesota)|Lake Como]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has an area of {{convert|56.18|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|51.98|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|4.20|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=November 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=July 2, 2012}}</ref>

The Parks and Recreation department is responsible for 160 parks and 41 recreation centers.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.startribune.com/10242/story/1518765.html |title=In St. Paul, they're passionate about parks |last=Havens |first=Chris |date=October 31, 2007 |newspaper=[[Star Tribune]] |access-date=November 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102083806/http://www.startribune.com/10242/story/1518765.html |archive-date=November 2, 2007 |url-status=dead |pages=AA1 |issn=0895-2825}}</ref> The city ranked #2 in park access and quality, after only [[Minneapolis]], in the 2018 ParkScore ranking of the top 100 park systems across the United States according to the nonprofit [[Trust for Public Land]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parkscore.tpl.org/rankings.php |title=ParkScore |website=www.parkscore.tpl.org |language=en-US |access-date=May 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524003623/http://www.parkscore.tpl.org/rankings.php |archive-date=May 24, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Neighborhoods===
{{main|Neighborhoods in Saint Paul, Minnesota}}
Saint Paul's Department of Planning and Economic Development divides Saint Paul into 17 Planning Districts, created in 1979 to allow neighborhoods to participate in governance and use [[Community Development Block Grant]]s. With a funding agreement directly from the city, the councils share a pool of funds.<ref>{{cite news |last=Medcalf |first=Myron P. |title=St. Paul's neighborhood councils scrutinize their financial status |newspaper=Star Tribune |pages=B4 Local |date=September 11, 2007 |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/MN/lib00172,11997057F135EA68.html |access-date=July 28, 2008 |archive-date=March 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310193453/https://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MN&p_theme=mn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11997057F135EA68&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |url-status=live}}</ref> The councils have significant land-use control, a voice in guiding development, and they organize residents.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stpaul.gov/index.asp?nid=1859 |title=District Councils |publisher=City of Saint Paul |year=2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211145517/http://www.stpaul.gov/index.asp?NID=1859 |archive-date=February 11, 2009}}</ref> The planning districts mostly represent traditional neighborhoods and combinations of smaller neighborhoods within the city.

The city's 17 Planning Districts are:
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# [[Southeast, Saint Paul|Southeast]]
# [[Greater East Side, Saint Paul|Greater East Side]]
# [[West Side, Saint Paul|West Side]]
# [[Dayton's Bluff, Saint Paul|Dayton's Bluff]]
# [[Payne-Phalen, Saint Paul|Payne-Phalen]]
# [[North End, Saint Paul|North End]]
# [[Frogtown, Saint Paul|Thomas Dale (Frogtown)]]
# [[Summit-University, Saint Paul|Summit-University]]
# [[West Seventh, Saint Paul|West Seventh]]
# [[Como Park, Saint Paul|Como Park]]
# [[Hamline-Midway, Saint Paul|Hamline-Midway]]
# [[Saint Anthony Park (Saint Paul)|Saint Anthony Park]]
# [[Union Park, Saint Paul|Union Park]]
# [[Macalester-Groveland, Saint Paul|Macalester-Groveland]]
# [[Highland Park, Saint Paul|Highland Park]]
# [[Summit Hill, Saint Paul|Summit Hill]]
# [[Downtown Saint Paul|Downtown]]
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=== Climate ===
{{see also|Climate of the Twin Cities|Climate of Minnesota}}
[[File:Saint paul mn.jpg|thumb|The city skyline from the southwest in the winter]]
Saint Paul has a [[humid continental climate]] typical of the [[Upper Midwest|Upper Midwestern United States]]. Winters are frigid and snowy, while summers are warm to hot and humid. On the [[Köppen climate classification]], Saint Paul falls in the hot summer [[humid continental climate]] zone (''Dfa''). The city experiences a full range of precipitation and related weather events, including snow, [[Rain and snow mixed|sleet]], ice, rain, [[thunderstorm]]s, [[tornado]]es, and [[fog]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kottek |first1=Markus |last2=Grieser |first2=Jürgen |last3=Beck |first3=Christoph |last4=Rudolf |first4=Bruno |last5=Rubel |first5=Franz |title=World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated |journal=Meteorologische Zeitschrift |volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=259–263 |date=June 2006 |url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/search/download;jsessionid=fmsejsjc7e0i3.alice?pub=infobike%3a%2f%2fschweiz%2fmz%2f2006%2f00000015%2f00000003%2fart00001&mimetype=application%2fpdf |doi=10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |bibcode=2006MetZe..15..259K}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

Due to its northerly location and lack of large bodies of water to moderate the air, Saint Paul is sometimes subjected to cold Arctic [[air mass]]es, especially during late December, January, and February. The average annual temperature of {{convert|46.5|°F|°C}} gives the Minneapolis−Saint Paul metropolitan area the coldest annual mean temperature of any major metropolitan area in the [[Contiguous United States#Continental and mainland United States|continental U.S.]]<ref>45.4&nbsp;°F for 1971 through 2000 per [https://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/tables/07s0378.xls U.S. Census] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103012949/http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/tables/07s0378.xls |date=January 3, 2007 }} who cites {{cite web |publisher=National Climatic Data Center |title=Normals 1971–2000 |url=http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/online/ccd/nrmavg.txt |access-date=March 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401171717/http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/online/ccd/nrmavg.txt |archive-date=April 1, 2007 |url-status=live}} or {{convert|44.6|°F|°C|abbr=on}} per {{cite web |last=Fisk |first=Charles |url=http://home.att.net/~minn_climo/ |title=Minneapolis-Saint Paul Area Daily Climatological History of Temperature, Precipitation, and Snowfall, A Year-by-Year Graphical Portrayal (1820–present) |date=March 3, 2007 |access-date=March 25, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518201556/http://home.att.net/~minn_climo/ |archive-date=May 18, 2007}}</ref>

Saint Paul is expected to be affected by climate change. More extreme heat waves are expected, as is increased precipitation in the spring and summer, which could cause river and flash flooding. Vector-borne transmission of such diseases as [[West Nile virus]], [[Lyme disease]], and human [[anaplasmosis]] may increase due to changes in temperature and precipitation patterns.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 2019 |title=Saint Paul Climate Action & Resilience Plan |url=https://www.stpaul.gov/sites/default/files/Media%20Root/Mayor%27s%20Office/Saint%20Paul%20Climate%20Action%20%26%20Resilience%20Plan.pdf |access-date=February 27, 2024 |website=stpaul.gov}}</ref>

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|location = [[St. Paul Downtown Airport]], Minnesota (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1872–present)
|single line = Y
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|Jan record high F = 58
|Feb record high F = 64
|Mar record high F = 83
|Apr record high F = 93
|May record high F = 99
|Jun record high F = 101
|Jul record high F = 104
|Aug record high F = 104
|Sep record high F = 101
|Oct record high F = 90
|Nov record high F = 78
|Dec record high F = 63
|year record high F = 104
|Jan high F = 23.9
|Feb high F = 28.7
|Mar high F = 41.7
|Apr high F = 56.8
|May high F = 68.9
|Jun high F = 78.5
|Jul high F = 82.6
|Aug high F = 80.4
|Sep high F = 72.4
|Oct high F = 58.0
|Nov high F = 42.1
|Dec high F = 28.6
|year high F = 55.2
|Jan mean F = 16.3
|Feb mean F = 20.8
|Mar mean F = 33.1
|Apr mean F = 47.0
|May mean F = 58.9
|Jun mean F = 68.8
|Jul mean F = 73.3
|Aug mean F = 71.1
|Sep mean F = 62.9
|Oct mean F = 49.0
|Nov mean F = 34.6
|Dec mean F = 21.7
|year mean F = 46.5
|Jan low F = 8.6
|Feb low F = 12.9
|Mar low F = 24.6
|Apr low F = 37.2
|May low F = 48.9
|Jun low F = 59.2
|Jul low F = 64.0
|Aug low F = 61.7
|Sep low F = 53.4
|Oct low F = 40.0
|Nov low F = 27.1
|Dec low F = 14.8
|year low F = 37.7
|Jan record low F = −41
|Feb record low F = −33
|Mar record low F = −26
|Apr record low F = 6
|May record low F = 23
|Jun record low F = 34
|Jul record low F = 45
|Aug record low F = 39
|Sep record low F = 28
|Oct record low F = 8
|Nov record low F = −25
|Dec record low F = −39
|year record low F = -41
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|Jan precipitation inch = 0.48
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.52
|Mar precipitation inch = 1.43
|Apr precipitation inch = 2.58
|May precipitation inch = 3.97
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.63
|Jul precipitation inch = 3.97
|Aug precipitation inch = 4.10
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.08
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.47
|Nov precipitation inch = 1.32
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.65
|year precipitation inch = 29.20
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 4.0
|Feb precipitation days = 4.3
|Mar precipitation days = 7.1
|Apr precipitation days = 10.6
|May precipitation days = 12.7
|Jun precipitation days = 13.0
|Jul precipitation days = 9.9
|Aug precipitation days = 10.0
|Sep precipitation days = 9.6
|Oct precipitation days = 9.2
|Nov precipitation days = 6.2
|Dec precipitation days = 4.9
|year precipitation days = 101.5
|source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name="NOAA">{{cite web |url=https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=mpx |title=NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date=June 22, 2021 |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817022055/https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=mpx |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NCEIairport">{{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=USW00014927&format=pdf |title=Station: St Paul Downtown AP, MN |work=U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020) |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date=June 22, 2021 |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204431/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USW00014927&format=pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
|source 2 = The Weather Channel<ref name="TWC">{{cite web |url=http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USMN0664 |title=Seasonal Temperature and Precipitation Information |access-date=July 28, 2008 |publisher=The Weather Channel |date=August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510103256/http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USMN0664 |archive-date=May 10, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|date=August 2010
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