Editing Schenectady, New York (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|11.0|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|10.9|sqmi|km2|2}} of it is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} of it (1.27%) is water.

It is part of the [[Capital District, New York|Capital District]], the metropolitan area surrounding [[Albany, New York|Albany]], the state of New York's capital. Along with Albany and [[Troy, New York|Troy]], it is one of the three principal population and industrial centers in the region.

[[Interstate 890 (New York)|Interstate 890]] runs through Schenectady, and the [[New York State Thruway]] (Interstate 90) is nearby. Amtrak has a station in Schenectady. The nearest airport is [[Schenectady County Airport]]; the nearest commercial airport is [[Albany International Airport]].

[[ZIP code]] 12345, which is used by the [[GE]] plant in Schenectady, has attracted media attention on account of its simplicity.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/news/2015/09/18/sorting-fact-from-fiction-in-schenectady | title=12345: The Easiest ZIP Code in the Country, Toughest to Sort Mail in Schenectady | work=Spectrum News | date=September 18, 2015 | access-date=April 3, 2021|author-last1=Eastman|author-first1=Katie}}</ref> Thousands of letters and [[Christmas list]]s addressed to [[Santa Claus]] are mailed to the ZIP code every year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cook |first1=Steven |title=Santa letters find a good home at 12345 |url=https://www.dailygazette.com/towns/schenectady/santa-letters-find-a-good-home-at-12345/article_c33454e8-3a42-5262-8f8e-bc537620d78e.html |access-date=1 May 2024 |work=[[The Daily Gazette]] |date=16 December 2015 |language=en}}</ref>

Schenectady has a [[humid continental climate]] that is hot-summer (''Dfa'') bordering upon warm-summer (''Dfb''.) Average monthly temperatures range from {{convert|22.9|°F}} in January to {{convert|71.8|°F}} in July.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/ | title=PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University }}</ref> These are estimates made by local amateur observers and aren't official as Schenectady does not have a weather station of its own (its "official" temperatures come from nearby Albany).

{{Geographic location
| Center = City of Schenectady
| North = [[Mohawk River]]<br />
[[Town (New York)|Town]] of [[Glenville, Schenectady County, New York|Glenville]]
| East = Town of [[Niskayuna, New York|Niskayuna]]<br /><small>[[Hamlet (New York)|Hamlet]] of [[Niskayuna (CDP), New York|Niskayuna]]</small>
| Southeast= Town of Niskayuna<br /><small>Hamlet of [[Stanford Heights, New York|Stanford Heights]]</small>
| South = [[Albany County, New York|Albany County]]<br /><small>Town of [[Colonie (town), New York|Colonie]]</small>
| Southwest = Town of [[Rotterdam, New York|Rotterdam]]<br />
<small>Hamlets of [[Rotterdam (CDP), New York|Rotterdam]] and [[Carmen, New York|Carmen]]</small>
| West = Town of Rotterdam
| Northwest = Mohawk River<br />Town of Glenville<br /><small>[[Village (New York)|Village]] of [[Scotia, New York|Scotia]]</small>
}}