Editing Schaffhausen (section)

==Geography and climate==
===Topography===
The town of Schaffhausen stands on the right bank of the river [[Rhine]]. It has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of {{Swiss area|2939|mi=on}}.{{Swiss area data|2939|QUELLE}} Of this area, about 20.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 53.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 24.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and 1.6% is unproductive land. Over the past two decades (1979/85-2004/09) the amount of land that is settled has increased by {{convert|95|ha|acre|abbr=on}} and the agricultural land has decreased by {{convert|117|ha|acre|abbr=on}}.<ref name="SFSO2016">[https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/regionalstatistik/regionale-portraets-kennzahlen/gemeinden/daten-erlaeuterungen.assetdetail.328115.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Regional portraits] accessed 27 October 2016</ref>

In 1947 it merged with the former municipality of Buchthalen. Its area expanded again in 1964 when Herblingen was absorbed and for a third time in 2009 when [[Hemmental]] joined the municipality.<ref name="HDS">{{HDS|1281|Schaffhausen}}</ref>

Schaffhausen shares an international border with the German village of [[Büsingen am Hochrhein]], an enclave entirely surrounded by Switzerland.

===Climate===
Schaffhausen has an average of 122.5 days of rain or snow per year and on average receives {{convert|907|mm|in|abbr=on}} of [[Precipitation (meteorology)|precipitation]]. The wettest month is July during which time Schaffhausen receives an average of {{convert|95|mm|in|abbr=on}} of rain. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 11.3 days. The driest month of the year is February with an average of {{convert|59|mm|in|abbr=on}} of precipitation over 8.4 days.<ref name="MeteoSchweiz">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131201028/http://www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/product/output/climate-data/climate-diagrams-normal-values-station-processing/SHA/climsheet_SHA_np8110_d.pdf |archive-date=31 January 2018 |url=http://www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/product/output/climate-data/climate-diagrams-normal-values-station-processing/SHA/climsheet_SHA_np8110_d.pdf |title =Climate normals Schaffhausen, Reference period 1981−2010 |publisher=Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology - MeteoSwiss |location=Zurich Airport, Switzerland |date=2 July 2014 |access-date=21 November 2015}}</ref>

{{Weather box
| location = Schaffhausen, elevation {{convert|438|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020)
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| Jan high C = 3.3
| Feb high C = 5.4
| Mar high C = 10.7
| Apr high C = 15.4
| May high C = 19.5
| Jun high C = 23.1
| Jul high C = 25.1
| Aug high C = 24.6
| Sep high C = 19.7
| Oct high C = 14.0
| Nov high C = 7.5
| Dec high C = 3.8
| year high C = 14.3
| Jan mean C = 0.7
| Feb mean C = 1.7
| Mar mean C = 5.8
| Apr mean C = 9.9
| May mean C = 14.0
| Jun mean C = 17.6
| Jul mean C = 19.3
| Aug mean C = 18.8
| Sep mean C = 14.5
| Oct mean C = 9.8
| Nov mean C = 4.7
| Dec mean C = 1.5
| year mean C = 9.9
| Jan low C = -1.7
| Feb low C = -1.6
| Mar low C = 1.5
| Apr low C = 4.7
| May low C = 8.9
| Jun low C = 12.4
| Jul low C = 14.1
| Aug low C = 13.9
| Sep low C = 10.2
| Oct low C = 6.4
| Nov low C = 2.1
| Dec low C = -0.9
| year low C = 5.8
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 72.4
|Feb precipitation mm = 59.8
|Mar precipitation mm = 64.1
|Apr precipitation mm = 67.8
|May precipitation mm = 100.3
|Jun precipitation mm = 95.4
|Jul precipitation mm = 103.4
|Aug precipitation mm = 95.3
|Sep precipitation mm = 71.8
|Oct precipitation mm = 76.7
|Nov precipitation mm = 72.7
|Dec precipitation mm = 86.0
|year precipitation mm = 965.7
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 10.2
| Feb precipitation days = 8.7
| Mar precipitation days = 10.0
| Apr precipitation days = 9.4
| May precipitation days = 11.3
| Jun precipitation days = 10.9
| Jul precipitation days = 11.4
| Aug precipitation days = 10.8
| Sep precipitation days = 8.9
| Oct precipitation days = 10.5
| Nov precipitation days = 9.9
| Dec precipitation days = 11.1
| year precipitation days = 123.1
| Jan snow cm = 17.6
| Feb snow cm = 17.1
| Mar snow cm = 5.6
| Apr snow cm = 0.8
| May snow cm = 0.0
| Jun snow cm = 0.0
| Jul snow cm = 0.0
| Aug snow cm = 0.0
| Sep snow cm = 0.0
| Oct snow cm = 0.0
| Nov snow cm = 5.1
| Dec snow cm = 11.0
| year snow cm = 57.2
| unit snow days = 1.0 cm
| Jan snow days = 5.1
| Feb snow days = 5.3
| Mar snow days = 2.2
| Apr snow days = 3.6
| May snow days = 0.6
| Jun snow days = 0.0
| Jul snow days = 0.0
| Aug snow days = 0.0
| Sep snow days = 0.0
| Oct snow days = 0.0
| Nov snow days = 1.7
| Dec snow days = 4.2
| year snow days = 19.0
| Jan humidity = 84
| Feb humidity = 79
| Mar humidity = 72
| Apr humidity = 66
| May humidity = 69
| Jun humidity = 69
| Jul humidity = 69
| Aug humidity = 72
| Sep humidity = 78
| Oct humidity = 84
| Nov humidity = 86
| Dec humidity = 86
| year humidity = 76
|Jan sun = 42.1
|Feb sun = 76.2
|Mar sun = 130.0
|Apr sun = 164.7
|May sun = 181.6
|Jun sun = 204.3
|Jul sun = 221.3
|Aug sun = 204.7
|Sep sun = 151.0
|Oct sun = 88.1
|Nov sun = 42.8
|Dec sun = 32.8
|year sun = 1539.6
| Jan percentsun = 19
| Feb percentsun = 31
| Mar percentsun = 42
| Apr percentsun = 46
| May percentsun = 46
| Jun percentsun = 50
| Jul percentsun = 54
| Aug percentsun = 55
| Sep percentsun = 47
| Oct percentsun = 31
| Nov percentsun = 18
| Dec percentsun = 16
| year percentsun = 41
| source 1 = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name=NOAA1>{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241213081015/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/5.5/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Switzerland/CSV/Schaffhausen_06620.csv
| archive-date = 13 December 2024
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/5.5/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Switzerland/CSV/Schaffhausen_06620.csv
| title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020
| work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = 13 December 2024}}</ref>
| source 2 = [[MeteoSchweiz]] (snow 1981–2010)<ref name="MeteoSchweiz"/><ref name=MeteoSwiss>{{cite web
| url = https://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/product/output/climate-data/climate-diagrams-normal-values-station-processing/SHA/climsheet_SHA_np9120_e.pdf
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220120183338/https://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/product/output/climate-data/climate-diagrams-normal-values-station-processing/SHA/climsheet_SHA_np9120_e.pdf
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 20 January 2022
| title = Climate Normals Schaffhausen (Reference period 1991−2020)
| publisher = Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, MeteoSwiss
| access-date = 20 January 2022
}}</ref>
| date = November 2015
}}