Editing Lee County, Florida (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1212|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|428|sqmi}} (35.3%) are covered by water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> Rivers and streams include the [[Caloosahatchee River]], the [[Imperial River (Florida)|Imperial River]], the [[Estero River (Florida)|Estero River]], Hendry Creek, and Orange River. Lee County is on the [[Southwest Florida|southwest coast]] of Florida.  It is about {{convert|125|mi|km}} south of [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], {{convert|115|mi|km}} west of [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]] via [[Interstate 75 in Florida|Interstate 75]], and roughly {{convert|125|mi|km}} west-northwest of [[Miami, Florida|Miami]] via [[U.S. Highway 41 in Florida|U.S. Highway 41]].

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Charlotte County, Florida|Charlotte County]] (north)
* [[Glades County, Florida|Glades County]] (northeast)
* [[Collier County, Florida|Collier County]] (southeast)
* [[Hendry County, Florida|Hendry County]] (east)

===National protected areas===
* [[Caloosahatchee National Wildlife Refuge]]
* [[J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge]]
* [[Matlacha Pass National Wildlife Refuge]]
* [[Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge]]

===Islands===
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* Big Hickory Island
* [[Captiva Island]]
* Cayo Costa ([[Cayo Costa State Park]])
* [[Cabbage Key]]
* [[Fort Myers Beach, FL|Estero Island]] (Town of Fort Myers Beach)
* [[Gasparilla Island]] (community of [[Boca Grande, Florida|Boca Grande]])
* Little Hickory Island (Beaches of [[Bonita Springs, Florida|Bonita Springs]])
* [[Lovers Key / Carl E. Johnson State Park]]
* Matlacha Island [[Matlacha, Florida]]
* [[Mound Key Archaeological State Park]]
* North Captiva Island
* [[Pine Island (Lee County, Florida)|Pine Island]]
* San Carlos Island (Town of Fort Myers Beach)
* [[Sanibel Island]] (Town of [[Sanibel, Florida|Sanibel]])
* [[Useppa Island]]
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===Climate===
Lee County has a year-round warm, [[monsoon]]-influenced climate that is close to the boundary between tropical and subtropical climates ({{convert|18|°C|0}} in the coldest month), thus is either classified as a [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Cfa''), which is the classification used by [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/documentlibrary/ewdcd/ewdstations-wmo.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 30, 2014 |archive-date=July 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140723180123/http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/documentlibrary/ewdcd/ewdstations-wmo.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{efn|The NOAA document used classifies locations as warm as Newport News, Virginia, as "continental", but areas with drastically more extreme climates, such as Wichita, Kansas, as "subtropical".}} or a [[tropical savanna climate]] (Köppen ''Aw'').<ref>{{cite web |title=Köppen Climate Classification Map |url=http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/courses/geog401/World_Koppen_Map.jpg |url-status=dead |publisher=Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska, Department of Climate Science |access-date=October 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325031826/http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/courses/geog401/World_Koppen_Map.jpg |archive-date=March 25, 2009}}</ref> Lee County has short, warm winters, and long, hot, humid summers, with most of the year's rainfall occurring from June to September. The temperature rarely rises to {{convert|100|°F|0}} or lowers to the freezing mark.<ref name=NOAA/> At 89, Lee County leads the nation in the number of days annually in which a thunderstorm is close enough for thunder to be heard.<ref>{{cite web |title=Weather Variety – Annual Days With Thunderstorms |url=http://www.weatherpages.com/variety/thunderstorms.html  |publisher=Weatherpages.com |access-date=June 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220124114/http://www.weatherpages.com/variety/thunderstorms.html |archive-date=February 20, 2012}}</ref> The monthly daily average temperature ranges from {{convert|64.2|°F|1}} in January to {{convert|83.4|°F|1}} in August, with the annual mean being {{convert|75.1|°F|1}}. Records range from {{convert|24|°F|0}} on [[Great Freeze|December 29, 1894]] up to {{convert|103|°F|0}} on June 16–17, 1981.<ref name=NOAA/>

{{Weather box|location = Fort Myers, Florida ([[Page Field]]), 1981–2010 normals
|single line = Y
|Jan high F = 74.7
|Feb high F = 77.2
|Mar high F = 80.4
|Apr high F = 84.6
|May high F = 89.4
|Jun high F = 91.5
|Jul high F = 91.9
|Aug high F = 91.8
|Sep high F = 90.5
|Oct high F = 86.7
|Nov high F = 81.3
|Dec high F = 76.6
|year high F= 84.7
|Jan low F = 53.7
|Feb low F = 55.9
|Mar low F = 59.4
|Apr low F = 63.1
|May low F = 68.7
|Jun low F = 73.5
|Jul low F = 74.5
|Aug low F = 74.9
|Sep low F = 74.3
|Oct low F = 69.1
|Nov low F = 62.0
|Dec low F = 56.4
|year low F= 65.5<!--rounds down-->
|Jan record high F =  90
|Feb record high F =  92
|Mar record high F =  93
|Apr record high F =  96
|May record high F =  99
|Jun record high F = 103
|Jul record high F = 101
|Aug record high F = 100
|Sep record high F =  98
|Oct record high F =  95
|Nov record high F =  95
|Dec record high F =  90
|year record high F= 103
|Jan record low F = 27
|Feb record low F = 27
|Mar record low F = 33
|Apr record low F = 39
|May record low F = 50
|Jun record low F = 58
|Jul record low F = 66
|Aug record low F = 65
|Sep record low F = 63
|Oct record low F = 45
|Nov record low F = 34
|Dec record low F = 24
|year record low F= 24
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain inch =  1.89
|Feb rain inch =  2.13
|Mar rain inch =  2.84
|Apr rain inch =  2.02
|May rain inch =  2.72
|Jun rain inch = 10.28
|Jul rain inch =  9.14
|Aug rain inch = 10.21
|Sep rain inch =  8.55
|Oct rain inch =  2.67
|Nov rain inch =  1.92
|Dec rain inch =  1.69
|year rain inch= 56.06
|unit rain days = 0.01 in
|Jan rain days =  5.5
|Feb rain days =  5.2
|Mar rain days =  6.2
|Apr rain days =  4.2
|May rain days =  6.8
|Jun rain days = 16.0
|Jul rain days = 17.6
|Aug rain days = 17.9
|Sep rain days = 15.4
|Oct rain days =  6.8
|Nov rain days =  4.4
|Dec rain days =  4.5
|source 1 = NOAA (extremes 1892–present)<ref name= NOAA>{{cite web |url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=tbw |title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |access-date = February 13, 2012}}</ref>
}}