Editing Poland, Maine (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|47.19|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|42.23|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|4.96|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name ="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/gazetteer2010.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 16, 2012}}</ref> Poland is drained by the [[Little Androscoggin River]].

The town is crossed by state routes [[Maine State Route 11|11]], [[Maine State Route 26|26]] and 122. It is bordered by the towns of [[Mechanic Falls, Maine|Mechanic Falls]] to the north, [[Minot, Maine|Minot]] to the northeast, [[Auburn, Maine|Auburn]] to the east, [[New Gloucester, Maine|New Gloucester]] to the southeast, [[Casco, Maine|Casco]] and [[Raymond, Maine|Raymond]] to the southwest, and [[Otisfield, Maine|Otisfield]] and [[Oxford, Maine|Oxford]] to the northwest.

===Tripp Pond===
{{Infobox body of water
| name               = Tripp Pond
| image              = 
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| location           = 
| coords             = {{coord|44|03|N|70|26|W|type:waterbody_region:US-ME|display=inline}}<ref name=gnis>{{gnis|577314|Tripp Pond}}</ref>
| lake_type          = 
| inflow             = 
| outflow            = 
| catchment          = 
| basin_countries    = 
| length             = {{convert|2.6|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref name=dmc>{{cite book |title =The Maine Atlas and Gazetteer |publisher =DeLorme Mapping Company |edition =Thirteenth |date =1988 |location =Freeport, Maine |pages =5&11 |isbn =0-89933-035-5}}</ref>
| width              = 
| area               = {{convert|735|acre}}<ref name=web>{{cite web|url=http://www.pearl.maine.edu/Browseglobal.asp?PNI=LAKES_STREAMS&NoOfInputs=0&mode=DATA&TABLENAME=ADMIN_GMC03&action=DISPLAYFIELDS|title=Maine Lakes: Morphometry and Geographic Information|access-date=July 31, 2008|author=Maine Depts. of Environmental Protection and Inland Fisheries & Wildlife|date=August 4, 2005|publisher=Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research, The [[University of Maine]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903111335/http://www.pearl.maine.edu/Browseglobal.asp?PNI=LAKES_STREAMS&NoOfInputs=0&mode=DATA&TABLENAME=ADMIN_GMC03&action=DISPLAYFIELDS|archive-date=September 3, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| depth              = 
| max-depth          = {{convert|36|ft|m}}<ref name=f&g>{{cite web |url=http://www.maine.gov/ifw/fishing/lakesurvey_maps/androscoggin/tripp_pond.pdf |title=Tripp Pond |website=Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife |publisher=State of Maine |access-date=May 24, 2016 }}</ref>
| volume             = {{convert|9237|acre.ft|abbr=on|lk=in}}<ref name=web/>
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| shore              = 
| elevation          = {{convert|305|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=gnis/>
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}}

Tripp Pond is on the west side of Maine State Route 11, which provides shoulder parking for public access to the east shore of the pond. There is a ramp for trailered boats at the south end of the pond. Summer water temperatures are too high for [[trout]], but the pond provides good habitat for [[white perch]] and [[largemouth bass]].<ref name=f&g/> The north end of the pond overflows through a series of shallow ponds to the [[Little Androscoggin River]] near Welchville in the town of [[Oxford, Maine]] {{convert|5|mi|km}} to the north.<ref name=dmc/>

===Climate===
This [[climate|climatic]] region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters.  According to the [[Köppen climate classification]] system, Poland has a [[humid continental climate]], ''Dfb'' on climate maps.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=593621&cityname=Poland,+Maine,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Poland, Maine Koppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase.com|access-date=February 1, 2022}}</ref>

{{Weather box   <!-- Infobox begins -->
| single line = Y
| location    = Poland, Maine, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 2000&ndash;present

|Jan record high F = 62
|Feb record high F = 66
|Mar record high F = 83
|Apr record high F = 90
|May record high F = 91
|Jun record high F = 95
|Jul record high F = 94
|Aug record high F = 96
|Sep record high F = 95
|Oct record high F = 82
|Nov record high F = 73
|Dec record high F = 65

|Jan avg record high F = 51.5
|Feb avg record high F = 49.4
|Mar avg record high F = 59.1
|Apr avg record high F = 75.3
|May avg record high F = 84.8
|Jun avg record high F = 88.2
|Jul avg record high F = 89.9
|Aug avg record high F = 88.9
|Sep avg record high F = 85.5
|Oct avg record high F = 73.9
|Nov avg record high F = 64.0
|Dec avg record high F = 53.7
|year avg record high F = 92.0

<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F  =27.4
| Feb high F  =30.2
| Mar high F  =38.2
| Apr high F  =51.7
| May high F  =63.5
| Jun high F  =73.1
| Jul high F  =78.0
| Aug high F  =77.1
| Sep high F  =68.9
| Oct high F  =55.9
| Nov high F  =43.8
| Dec high F  =33.5
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
| Jan mean F  =19.0
| Feb mean F  =21.3
| Mar mean F  =29.4
| Apr mean F  =41.7
| May mean F  =53.3
| Jun mean F  =62.6
| Jul mean F  =68.2
| Aug mean F  =66.9
| Sep mean F  =58.6
| Oct mean F  =46.7
| Nov mean F  =35.9
| Dec mean F  =25.9
<!-- Average low temperatures -->
| Jan low F  =10.6
| Feb low F  =12.4
| Mar low F  =20.5
| Apr low F  =31.7
| May low F  =43.0
| Jun low F  =52.0
| Jul low F  =58.5
| Aug low F  =56.6
| Sep low F  =48.3
| Oct low F  =37.5
| Nov low F  =28.0
| Dec low F  =18.3

|Jan avg record low F = -5.2
|Feb avg record low F = -2.2
|Mar avg record low F = 4.7
|Apr avg record low F = 23.1
|May avg record low F = 34.0
|Jun avg record low F = 43.3
|Jul avg record low F = 51.8
|Aug avg record low F = 48.5
|Sep avg record low F = 37.0
|Oct avg record low F = 28.6
|Nov avg record low F = 15.5
|Dec avg record low F = 3.0
|year avg record low F = -7.4

|Jan record low F = -16
|Feb record low F = -19
|Mar record low F = -6
|Apr record low F = 14
|May record low F = 30
|Jun record low F = 35
|Jul record low F = 45
|Aug record low F = 44
|Sep record low F = 30
|Oct record low F = 23
|Nov record low F = 2
|Dec record low F = -10

<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =3.11
| Feb precipitation inch  =3.00
| Mar precipitation inch  =3.67
| Apr precipitation inch  =4.38
| May precipitation inch  =3.70
| Jun precipitation inch  =4.92
| Jul precipitation inch  =4.00
| Aug precipitation inch  =3.91
| Sep precipitation inch  =3.96
| Oct precipitation inch  =5.94
| Nov precipitation inch  =4.42
| Dec precipitation inch  =4.20

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 10.0
|Feb precipitation days = 9.3
|Mar precipitation days = 9.8
|Apr precipitation days = 12.3
|May precipitation days = 14.1
|Jun precipitation days = 15.1
|Jul precipitation days = 12.8
|Aug precipitation days = 12.2
|Sep precipitation days = 10.5
|Oct precipitation days = 13.1
|Nov precipitation days = 11.5
|Dec precipitation days = 11.3
|year precipitation days = 142.0

<!-- Snowfall -->
| Jan snow inch  =18.0
| Feb snow inch  =20.5
| Mar snow inch  =14.8
| Apr snow inch  =4.2
| May snow inch  =0.1
| Jun snow inch  =0.0
| Jul snow inch  =0.0
| Aug snow inch  =0.0
| Sep snow inch  =0.0
| Oct snow inch  =1.4
| Nov snow inch  =3.8
| Dec snow inch  =17.3

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 8.5
|Feb snow days = 7.3
|Mar snow days = 5.4
|Apr snow days = 2.0
|May snow days = 0.1
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.2
|Nov snow days = 2.4
|Dec snow days = 6.8

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00176856&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Poland, ME
|access-date = March 5, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service (mean maxima/minima 2006&ndash;2020)<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=gyx
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Gray
|access-date = March 5, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}