Editing Bemidji, Minnesota (section)

==Climate==
Bemidji has a [[hemiboreal]] [[humid continental climate]], Dfb in the [[Köppen climate classification]]: short, warm summers, and long, severe winters. The average mean annual temperature in Bemidji is {{convert|38.6|F|C}}. The coldest month is January with an average daily high of {{convert|16|F|C}} and an average daily low of {{convert|-5|F|C}}. The warmest month is July with an average daily high of {{convert|77|F|C}} and an average daily low of {{convert|57|F|C}}. The average annual humidity is 47%. The average annual snowfall is {{convert|46.7|in|cm|1}} and the average annual rainfall is {{convert|26.6|in|mm|0}}. The average day Lake Bemidji freezes over is November 26 and the average day the ice goes off the lake is April 26.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}

Annual snowfall in the Bemidji Area increased 5% in the 21st century vs. the 1930–1999 period, according to the National Weather Service.<ref>{{cite news |last1=John Hinderaker |title=The Al Gore Effect Comes to Minnesota |url=https://www.americanexperiment.org/2019/01/al-gore-effect-comes-minnesota/ |access-date=January 28, 2019 |work=[[Center of the American Experiment]] |date=January 27, 2019 |quote=The nearest weather station to Bemidji is Cass Lake, just a few miles away. The National Weather Service records show that from 1930 through 1999, the average annual snowfall at Cass Lake was 50.2 inches. From 2000 through 2018, it was 52.5 inches–more snow, not less. And the 2008–09 total of 73.7 inches was the most since 1955–56. |archive-date=January 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128191150/https://www.americanexperiment.org/2019/01/al-gore-effect-comes-minnesota/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{Weather box
| location = Bemidji, Minnesota 1981–2010 Normals, snowfall 1987–2018
| single line = y
| Jan high F = 16.3
| Feb high F = 22.9
| Mar high F = 34.6
| Apr high F = 50.8
| May high F = 64.5
| Jun high F = 72.9
| Jul high F = 77.4
| Aug high F = 75.2
| Sep high F = 65.5
| Oct high F = 51.6
| Nov high F = 34.4
| Dec high F = 20.3
| year high F = 49.0
| Jan mean F = 5.9
| Feb mean F = 11.2
| Mar mean F = 24.2
| Apr mean F = 39.1
| May mean F = 53.1
| Jun mean F = 62.6
| Jul mean F = 67.2
| Aug mean F = 64.7
| Sep mean F = 55.1
| Oct mean F = 41.9
| Nov mean F = 26.1
| Dec mean F = 11.5
| year mean F = 38.6
| Jan low F = -4.6
| Feb low F = -0.4
| Mar low F = 13.7
| Apr low F = 27.4
| May low F = 41.7
| Jun low F = 52.3
| Jul low F = 57.0
| Aug low F = 54.2
| Sep low F = 44.7
| Oct low F = 32.2
| Nov low F = 17.8
| Dec low F = 2.7
| year low F = 28.4
| Jan record high F = 51
| Feb record high F = 55
| Mar record high F = 72
| Apr record high F = 93
| May record high F = 96
| Jun record high F = 101
| Jul record high F = 108
| Aug record high F = 105
| Sep record high F = 99
| Oct record high F = 95
| Nov record high F = 73
| Dec record high F = 56
| year record high F = 108
| Jan record low F = −44
| Feb record low F = −45
| Mar record low F = −35
| Apr record low F = −13
| May record low F = 11
| Jun record low F = 27
| Jul record low F = 29
| Aug record low F = 30
| Sep record low F = 22
| Oct record low F = 10
| Nov record low F = −24
| Dec record low F = −50
| year record low F = −50
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation inch = 0.73
| Feb precipitation inch = 0.66
| Mar precipitation inch = 1.09
| Apr precipitation inch = 1.78
| May precipitation inch = 3.05
| Jun precipitation inch = 4.38
| Jul precipitation inch = 3.95
| Aug precipitation inch = 3.21
| Sep precipitation inch = 3.10
| Oct precipitation inch = 2.54
| Nov precipitation inch = 1.35
| Dec precipitation inch = 0.79
| Jan snow inch = 10.7
| Feb snow inch = 7.9
| Mar snow inch = 6.8
| Apr snow inch = 4.8
| May snow inch = 0.7
| Jun snow inch = 0
| Jul snow inch = 0
| Aug snow inch = 0
| Sep snow inch = 0.1
| Oct snow inch = 1.7
| Nov snow inch = 6.1
| Dec snow inch = 7.9
| year snow inch = 
| source 1 = Climatography of the United States<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/climatenormals/clim20/mn/210643.pdf |title=Monthly Average of Daily Maximum and Minimum Temperature |publisher=National Climatic Data Center |access-date=April 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716214443/http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/climatenormals/clim20/mn/210643.pdf |archive-date=July 16, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| source 2 = XMACIS<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/ |title=Monthly Climate Normals (1981–2010) – Bemidji, MN |publisher=National Climatic Data Center}}</ref>
| date = April 2017
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| Jan avg record low F = -27.9
| Feb avg record low F = -24.4
| Mar avg record low F = -13.3
| Apr avg record low F = 13.6
| May avg record low F = 28.2
| Jun avg record low F = 41.7
| Jul avg record low F = 45.1
| Aug avg record low F = 42.4
| Sep avg record low F = 29.2
| Oct avg record low F = 18.8
| Nov avg record low F = -6.4
| Dec avg record low F = -18.9
| Jan avg record high F = 34.5
| Feb avg record high F = 37.4
| Mar avg record high F = 51.6
| Apr avg record high F = 72.1
| May avg record high F = 81.2
| Jun avg record high F = 85.4
| Jul avg record high F = 90.5
| Aug avg record high F = 87.6
| Sep avg record high F = 75.1
| Oct avg record high F = 71.3
| Nov avg record high F = 55.7
| Dec avg record high F = 42.3
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