Editing Arras (section)

===Climate===
Arras mainly has a Western European [[oceanic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]]: Cfb) affected by the [[North Atlantic Current]] as it is close to the [[English Channel]] (''La Manche'' in French). There is frequent rain in all seasons, and temperatures throughout the year are mild, as it is near the sea. Temperature variations tend to be moderate; but there are some brief cold spells as it is subject to both oceanic and continental influences. So the climate can also be referred as semi-oceanic (known as a ''Climat océanique dégradé'' in French).

Summer days are usually moderately warm and agreeable, with temperatures between {{convert|13|and|23|C|F}}, occasionally rising above {{convert|30|C}}, with a fair amount of sunshine. Some years have even witnessed some unusual long periods of harsh summer weather, such as the [[2003 European heat wave|heat wave of 2003]] where temperatures exceeded {{convert|30|C}} for weeks, reaching {{convert|38|C}} on some days and rarely even cooling down at night. Spring and Fall have rather warm days and fresh nights, but remain quite unstable. Winter days are cold but generally above freezing, at around {{convert|2|C}}; sunshine is usually scarce. Light night frosts are common as the temperature often falls below {{convert|0|C}}. Snowfall has been rare in the past decade but happens in some winters, such as [[Winter of 2009–10 in Europe|2009–10]], with unusually cold weather: much of Europe had heavy snowfall and record-low temperatures. The most recent warmest winters recorded were in 1989–90, 1994–95, 2006–07 and 2013–14. The Arras region (and most of Northern Europe) had remarkably warm and sunny weather in the winter of 2013–14.<ref name="lachainemeteo">{{cite web|url=http://actualite.lachainemeteo.com/actualite-meteo/2014-02-19-06h41/hiver-2013-2014---exceptionnellement-doux---24244.php|title=Actualité Météo : Hiver 2013-2014 : douceur exceptionnelle et arrosage copieux - La Chaîne Météo|date=29 January 2014 |publisher=actualite.lachainemeteo.com|access-date=30 October 2014}}</ref>

Rain falls throughout the year. Average annual precipitation is {{convert|742.5|mm}} with light rainfall evenly distributed throughout the year. The highest recorded temperature was {{convert|36.6|C}},{{Fix|text=Contradicts previous paragraph}} and the lowest was {{convert|-19.5|C}}.

On 28&nbsp;October 2013, ''Cyclone Christian'' (also known as the [[St. Jude storm]]), one of the strongest extra-tropical cyclones ever recorded, hit Northern Europe including the Arras area. The cyclone's central pressure was 981&nbsp;mb, and wind speeds reached a maximum of {{convert|121|km/h|abbr=on}}.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/29/world/europe/powerful-storm-blasts-northern-europe.html?_r=0|title=The New York Times|newspaper=nytimes.com|date=28 October 2013 |access-date=30 October 2014|last1=Castle |first1=Stephen }}</ref> The city of Arras did not experience any major damage.