Editing Lynn, Massachusetts (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|13.5|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|10.8|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|2.7|sqmi|km2}} (19.87%) is water. Lynn is located beside [[Massachusetts Bay]] and the Atlantic Ocean. Lynn's shoreline is divided in half by the town of [[Nahant, Massachusetts|Nahant]], which divides Lynn Harbor to the south from Nahant Bay to the north. The city lies north of the [[Saugus River]], and is also home to several brooks, as well as several ponds, the largest being Breed's Pond and Walden Pond (which has no relation to a [[Walden Pond|similarly named pond]] in [[Concord, Massachusetts|Concord]]). More than one-quarter of the town's land is covered by the [[Lynn Woods Reservation]], which takes up much of the land in the northwestern part of the city. The city is also home to two beaches, Lynn Beach and King's Beach, both of which lie along Nahant Bay, as well as a boat ramp in Lynn Harbor.

Lynn is located in the southern part of Essex County and is {{convert|10|mi|}} northeast of [[Boston]] and {{convert|22|mi|}} west-southwest of [[Cape Ann]]. The city is bordered by Nahant to the southeast, [[Swampscott, Massachusetts|Swampscott]] to the east, [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]] to the northeast, [[Peabody, Massachusetts|Peabody]] to the north, [[Lynnfield, Massachusetts|Lynnfield]] to the northwest, [[Saugus, Massachusetts|Saugus]] to the west and [[Revere, Massachusetts|Revere]] (in [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk County]]) to the south. Lynn's water rights extend into Nahant Bay and share Lynn Harbor with Nahant. There is no land connection to Revere; the only connection is the General Edwards Bridge across the Pines River. Besides its downtown district, Lynn is also divided into East Lynn and West Lynn, which are further divided into even smaller areas.

Lynn is loosely segmented into the following neighborhoods:

Central:
* Downtown / Business District
* Central Square

West Lynn:
* Pine Hill
* McDonough Sq./ Barry Park
* Tower Hill / Austin Sq.&nbsp;– Saugus River
* The Commons
* The Brickyard
* Walnut St./Lynnhurst
* Veteran's Village

East Lynn:
* Diamond District / Lynn Shore
* Wyoma Sq.
* The Highlands
* The Fay Estates
* Ward 1 / Lynnfield St.
* Goldfish Pond
* The Meadow / Keaney Park

===Climate===
Lynn experiences cold, snowy winters and warm, humid summers. The climate is similar to [[Boston, Massachusetts#Climate|that of Boston]].

According to the [[Köppen climate classification]], Lynn has either a [[Humid continental climate#Hot summer subtype|hot-summer humid continental climate]] (abbreviated ''Dfa''), or a hot-summer [[Humid subtropical climate|humid sub-tropical climate]] (abbreviated ''Cfa''), depending on the isotherm used.

{{Weather box
|location = Lynn, 1991–2020 simulated normals (59 ft elevation)
|collapsed = 
|single line = y
|precipitation colour  =green
|Jan precipitation mm  =93.96
|Feb precipitation mm  =88.76
|Mar precipitation mm  =118.45
|Apr precipitation mm  =107.58
|May precipitation mm  =88.79
|Jun precipitation mm  =102.48
|Jul precipitation mm  =90.76
|Aug precipitation mm  =87.61
|Sep precipitation mm  =92.08
|Oct precipitation mm  =122.46
|Nov precipitation mm  =101.79
|Dec precipitation mm  =120.37
|Jan high C = 2.6
|Feb high C = 3.7
|Mar high C = 7.3
|Apr high C = 13.0
|May high C = 18.3
|Jun high C = 23.4
|Jul high C = 26.7
|Aug high C = 26.3
|Sep high C = 22.8
|Oct high C = 16.6
|Nov high C = 10.9
|Dec high C = 5.6
|Jan mean C  =-1.8
|Feb mean C  =-0.8
|Mar mean C  =2.8
|Apr mean C  =8.4
|May mean C  =13.7
|Jun mean C  =18.9
|Jul mean C  =22.3
|Aug mean C  =21.7
|Sep mean C  =18.1
|Oct mean C  =12.0
|Nov mean C  =6.5
|Dec mean C  =1.4
|Jan low C = -6.2
|Feb low C = -5.3
|Mar low C = -1.6
|Apr low C = 3.8
|May low C = 9.2
|Jun low C = 14.5
|Jul low C = 17.8
|Aug low C = 17.2
|Sep low C = 13.3
|Oct low C = 7.3
|Nov low C = 2.1
|Dec low C = -2.7
|Jan dew point C =-7.3
|Feb dew point C =-7.0
|Mar dew point C =-4.0
|Apr dew point C =1.2
|May dew point C =7.5
|Jun dew point C =13.4
|Jul dew point C =16.7
|Aug dew point C =16.4
|Sep dew point C =13.1
|Oct dew point C =7.0
|Nov dew point C =1.1
|Dec dew point C =-3.8
|source 1 = PRISM Climate Group<ref>{{cite web
  | url=https://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/
  | title=PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University
  | publisher=Northwest Alliance for Computational Science & Engineering (NACSE), based at Oregon State University
  | access-date=March 16, 2023}}</ref>
  | date=March 16, 2023}}