Editing Oxford (section)

===Physical===
====Location====
Oxford's latitude and longitude are {{Coord|51|45|07|N|1|15|28|W|type:city_region:GB|display=inline}}, with Ordnance Survey {{gbmapping|SP513061}} (at [[Carfax Tower]], which is usually considered the centre). Oxford is {{convert|24|mi|km}} north-west of [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], {{convert|26|mi|km}} north-east of [[Swindon]], {{convert|36|mi|km}} east of [[Cheltenham]], {{convert|43|mi|km}} east of [[Gloucester]], {{convert|29|mi|km}} south-west of [[Milton Keynes]], {{convert|38|mi|km}} south-east of [[Evesham]], {{convert|43|mi|km}} south of [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]] and {{convert|51|mi|km}} west-north-west of [[London]]. The rivers [[River Cherwell|Cherwell]] and [[River Thames|Thames]] (also sometimes known as [[the Isis]] locally, supposedly from the Latinised name {{lang|la|Thamesis}}) run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre. These rivers and their flood plains constrain the size of the city centre.

====Climate====
Oxford has a [[oceanic climate|maritime temperate climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Cfb''). [[Precipitation (meteorology)|Precipitation]] is uniformly distributed throughout the year and is provided mostly by weather systems that arrive from the [[Atlantic]]. The lowest temperature ever recorded in Oxford was {{convert|-17.8|°C|1|abbr=on}} on 24 December 1860. The highest temperature ever recorded in Oxford is {{convert|38.1|°C|0|abbr=on}} on 19 July 2022.<ref>{{cite web| url =https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/climate/rms/daily-data.html| title =Daily Data from the Radcliffe Observatory site in Oxford| access-date =24 June 2020| publisher =[[University of Oxford]]| archive-date =23 June 2020| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20200623115453/https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/climate/rms/daily-data.html| url-status =live}}</ref> The average conditions below are from the Radcliffe [[Meteorological Station]]. It has the longest series of temperature and rainfall records for one site in [[Great Britain|Britain]]. These records are continuous from January 1815. Irregular observations of rainfall, cloud cover, and temperature exist since 1767.<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/climate/rms/
|title=Radcliffe Meteorological Station
|access-date=17 March 2008
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601184328/http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/climate/rms/
|archive-date=1 June 2008
|url-status=live
}}
</ref>

The driest year on record was 1788, with {{convert|336.7|mm|in|abbr=on}} of rainfall. The wettest year was 2012, with {{convert|979.5|mm|in|abbr=on}}. The wettest month on record was September 1774, with a total fall of {{convert|223.9|mm|in|abbr=on}}. The warmest month on record is July 1983, with an average of {{convert|21.1|°C|0|abbr=on}} and the coldest is January 1963, with an average of {{convert|-3.0|°C|0|abbr=on}}. The warmest year on record is 2014, with an average of {{convert|11.8|°C|0|abbr=on}} and the coldest is 1879, with a mean temperature of {{convert|7.7|°C|0|abbr=on}}. The sunniest month on record is May 2020, with 331.7 hours and December 1890 is the least sunny, with 5.0 hours. The greatest one-day rainfall occurred on 10 July 1968, with a total of {{convert|87.9|mm|in|abbr=on}}. The greatest known snow depth was {{convert|61.0|cm|in|abbr=on}} in February 1888.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/climate/rms/monthly-annual.html| title = Monthly, Annual and Seasonal Data from the Radcliffe Observatory site in Oxford| access-date = 24 June 2020| publisher = [[University of Oxford]]| archive-date = 26 June 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200626170040/https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/climate/rms/monthly-annual.html| url-status = live}}</ref>
{{Weather box|location = Oxford ([[Radcliffe Observatory|RMS]]),{{efn|Weather station is located {{convert|0.7|mi|1|abbr=out}} from the Oxford city centre.}} elevation: {{convert|61|m|ft|0|abbr=on|order=flip}}, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1815–2020
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| Jan record high C = 15.9
| Feb record high C = 18.8
| Mar record high C = 22.1
| Apr record high C = 27.6
| May record high C = 30.6
| Jun record high C = 34.3
| Jul record high C = 38.1
| Aug record high C = 35.1
| Sep record high C = 33.4
| Oct record high C = 29.1
| Nov record high C = 18.9
| Dec record high C = 15.9
| Jan high C = 8.0
| Feb high C = 8.6
| Mar high C = 11.3
| Apr high C = 14.4
| May high C = 17.7
| Jun high C = 20.7
| Jul high C = 23.1
| Aug high C = 22.5
| Sep high C = 19.4
| Oct high C = 15.1
| Nov high C = 10.9
| Dec high C = 8.2
| year high C = 15.0
| Jan mean C = 5.2
| Feb mean C = 5.5
| Mar mean C = 7.5
| Apr mean C = 9.9
| May mean C = 12.9
| Jun mean C = 15.9
| Jul mean C = 18.1
| Aug mean C = 17.8
| Sep mean C = 15.0
| Oct mean C = 11.5
| Nov mean C = 7.9
| Dec mean C = 5.4
| year mean C = 11.1
| Jan low C = 2.4
| Feb low C = 2.3
| Mar low C = 3.6
| Apr low C = 5.3
| May low C = 8.2
| Jun low C = 11.1
| Jul low C = 13.1
| Aug low C = 13.0
| Sep low C = 10.7
| Oct low C = 8.0
| Nov low C = 4.9
| Dec low C = 2.6
| year low C = 7.1
| Jan record low C = -16.6
| Feb record low C = -16.2
| Mar record low C = -12.0
| Apr record low C = -5.6
| May record low C = -3.4
| Jun record low C = 0.4
| Jul record low C = 2.4
| Aug record low C = 0.2
| Sep record low C = -3.3
| Oct record low C = -5.7
| Nov record low C = -10.1
| Dec record low C = -17.8
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 59.6
| Feb precipitation mm = 46.8
| Mar precipitation mm = 43.2
| Apr precipitation mm = 48.7
| May precipitation mm = 56.9
| Jun precipitation mm = 49.7
| Jul precipitation mm = 52.5
| Aug precipitation mm = 61.7
| Sep precipitation mm = 51.9
| Oct precipitation mm = 73.2
| Nov precipitation mm = 71.5
| Dec precipitation mm = 66.1
| year precipitation mm = 681.6
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 12.1
| Feb precipitation days = 9.4
| Mar precipitation days = 9.1
| Apr precipitation days = 8.9
| May precipitation days = 9.6
| Jun precipitation days = 8.0
| Jul precipitation days = 8.3
| Aug precipitation days = 9.0
| Sep precipitation days = 8.6
| Oct precipitation days = 10.9
| Nov precipitation days = 11.3
| Dec precipitation days = 12.2
| year precipitation days = 117.7
| Jan sun = 63.4
| Feb sun = 81.9
| Mar sun = 118.2
| Apr sun = 165.6
| May sun = 200.3
| Jun sun = 197.1
| Jul sun = 212.0
| Aug sun = 193.3
| Sep sun = 145.3
| Oct sun = 110.2
| Nov sun = 70.8
| Dec sun = 57.6
| year sun = 1615.5
| source 1 = [[Met Office]]<ref name="Met Averages">{{cite web |url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages/gcpn7mp10 |title=Oxford (Oxfordshire) UK climate averages |access-date=1 January 2022 |publisher=Met Office |archive-date=25 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425190216/https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages/gcpn7mp10 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| source 2 = [[University of Oxford]]<ref>{{cite web| url =https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/climate/rms/daily-data.html| title =Daily Data from the Radcliffe Observatory site in Oxford| access-date =23 June 2020| publisher =[[University of Oxford]]| archive-date =23 June 2020| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20200623115453/https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/climate/rms/daily-data.html| url-status =live}}</ref>

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