Editing Somerset County, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1081|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1074|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|6.6|sqmi}} (0.6%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_42.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 10, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> Somerset County is one of the far southern counties of Pennsylvania, along its straight southern edge. The county borders Garrett and Allegany Counties in Maryland, and the Pennsylvania counties of Fayette, Westmoreland, Cambria, and Bedford. Somerset County is one of the 423 counties served by the [[Appalachian Regional Commission]],<ref name="ARC">{{cite web |title=About the Appalachian Region |url=https://www.arc.gov/about-the-appalachian-region/ |publisher=Appalachian Regional Commission |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref> and it is identified as part of "Greater Appalachia" by Colin Woodard in his book ''[[American Nations|American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America]]''.<ref name="NYT_CW">{{cite news |last1=Woodard |first1=Colin |title=The Maps That Show That City vs. Country Is Not Our Political Fault Line |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/opinion/urban-rural-united-states-regions-midterms.html |work=New York Times |date=July 30, 2018 |access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref>

===Climate===
Somerset County along with [[Garrett County, Maryland|Garrett County]] is one of the snowiest inhabited locations in the United States, with the highest elevations of the county averaging 150+ inches of snow each winter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://garrettcountyweather.com/garrett-snow-climatology/|title=Why Does Garrett County Get So Much Snow? {{!}} Garrett County Weather|website=garrettcountyweather.com|language=en-US|access-date=February 26, 2018|archive-date=February 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226211839/http://garrettcountyweather.com/garrett-snow-climatology/|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{Citation needed|date=February 2009}} The county's elevation and general proximity to both the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean causes snow from both Nor'easters and [[lake effect snow|lake effect]] [[orographic precipitation|upslope]] snow events to fall from late October through early April. Snow has been recorded in Somerset County in every month except July, although local lore has it that even July saw snow in 1816, "[[the year without a summer]]." [[Mount Davis (Pennsylvania)|Mount Davis]], the highest natural point in the state of Pennsylvania at {{convert|3,213|ft|m}}, is located in the southern part of the county.

The county has a warm-summer [[humid continental climate]] (''Dfb'') and average monthly temperatures in Somerset borough range from 24.5&nbsp;°F in January to 67.1&nbsp;°F in July.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/ | title=PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University }}</ref>

===Major highways===
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===Adjacent counties===
*[[Cambria County, Pennsylvania|Cambria County]] (north)
*[[Bedford County, Pennsylvania|Bedford County]] (east)
*[[Allegany County, Maryland]] (southeast)
*[[Garrett County, Maryland]] (southwest)
*[[Fayette County, Pennsylvania|Fayette County]] (west)
*[[Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Westmoreland County]] (northwest)

===National protected area===
*[[Flight 93 National Memorial]]

===State protected areas===
*[[Kooser State Park]]
*[[Laurel Hill State Park]]
*[[Laurel Mountain State Park]]
*[[Laurel Ridge State Park]]