Editing Lawrence, Kansas (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Clinton State Park.jpg|thumb|[[Clinton Lake (Kansas)|Clinton Lake]], which lies to the southwest of the city (2015)]]

Lawrence is located approximately {{convert|25|mi|km|abbr=off|sp=us}} east of [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]], and {{convert|35|mi|km|abbr=on}} west of [[Kansas City, Kansas]]. Though Lawrence has a designated elevation of 866 feet (264&nbsp;m),<ref name="GNIS"/> the highest elevation is Mount Oread on the University of Kansas campus with an elevation of 1,020 feet (310&nbsp;m).<ref>{{Cite book | contribution = Mount Oread | title = Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. | editor-last = Blackmar | editor-first = Frank W. | volume = 2 | page = 330 | place = Chicago | publisher = Standard | year = 1912 | contribution-url = http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1912/m/mount_oread.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = TopoQuest Map Viewer | publisher = TopoQuest | url = http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=38.95860&lon=-95.24428&datum=nad27&zoom=2&map=auto&coord=d&mode=zoomin&size=l | access-date = June 16, 2011}}</ref>

The city lies on the southern edge of the [[Dissected Till Plains]], bordering the [[Osage Plains]] to the south.<ref>{{cite web | title = Geography | work = Geohydrology of Douglas County | publisher = [[Kansas Geological Survey]] | date = December 1960 | url = http://www.kgs.ku.edu/General/Geology/Douglas/geog01.html | access-date = June 16, 2011}}</ref><ref name=KDOT>{{cite web | title = 2003–2004 Official Transportation Map | publisher = [[Kansas Department of Transportation]] | year = 2003 | url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/2003-04Mapside.pdf | access-date = June 15, 2011}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|34.26|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which, {{convert|33.56|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.70|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water,<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=July 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=January 12, 2012  }}</ref> and is split between [[Wakarusa Township, Douglas County, Kansas|Wakarusa Township]] and [[Grant Township, Douglas County, Kansas|Grant Township]] with small portions in [[Lecompton Township, Douglas County, Kansas|Lecompton]], [[Kanwaka Township, Douglas County, Kansas|Kanwaka]] and [[Clinton Township, Douglas County, Kansas|Clinton]] Townships.

Lawrence is between the [[Kansas River|Kansas]] and [[Wakarusa River|Wakarusa]] Rivers. Several major creeks flow through Lawrence. Burroughs Creek in East Lawrence (named after the writer [[William S. Burroughs]], who retired in East Lawrence) and Baldwin Creek in northwestern Lawrence empty into the Kansas River. Yankee Tank Creek in southwest Lawrence and an unnamed creek that flows through central Lawrence converge with the Wakarusa River south of the city. Yankee Tank Creek is dammed to form Lake Alvamar, which was originally called Yankee Tank Lake.<ref name=CountyMap>{{cite web | title = General Highway Map – Douglas County, Kansas | publisher = [[Kansas Department of Transportation]] | date = May 2010 | url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/county-pdf/douglas.PDF | access-date = June 16, 2011}}</ref> The Wakarusa River was dammed to form [[Clinton Lake (Kansas)|Clinton Lake]]. Potter Lake is on the University of Kansas Campus and Mary's Lake is in southeastern Lawrence within Prairie Park. The [[Haskell-Baker Wetlands]], maintained by Haskell University and [[Baker University]], is an extensive open space in the southern part of the city that features wetlands, native plants, hiking and biking trails, and interpretative signage about the prairie and wetland ecosystems.<ref name= CityMap>{{cite web | title = City of Lawrence | publisher = [[Kansas Department of Transportation]] | date = January 2011 | url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/city-pdf/lawrence.PDF | access-date = June 16, 2011}}</ref>

Lawrence has 54 parks which include community and neighborhood parks, trails, cemeteries and nature preserves.<ref name="lawrenceks parks1">{{cite web|url=https://lawrenceks.org/lprd/parks/|publisher=City of Lawrence|title=Parks & Trails|access-date=May 23, 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121055303/https://lawrenceks.org/lprd/parks/|archive-date=November 21, 2018}} LawrenceKS – Parks & Trails.</ref> A new, multi-use trail system called the Lawrence Loop ("the Loop") encircles the city and, when fully completed, will create a 22-mile paved recreational trail, a green transportation network, and multiple opportunities for environmental restoration.<ref name="lawrenceks">{{cite web|url=http://www.lawrenceks.org/lprd/aboutus |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325205917/http://www.lawrenceks.org/lprd/aboutus |archive-date=March 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |title=About Us &middot; City of Lawrence, Kansas |access-date=November 10, 2014 }}</ref> Community parks include South Park, Buford Watson Park, Broken Arrow Park, Riverfront Park, Holcomb Park, "Dad" Perry Park, Centennial Park and Prairie Park. Cemeteries include Oak Hill, Maple Grove and Memorial Park.<ref name="lawrenceks3">{{cite web|url=http://www.lawrenceks.org/lprd/parks |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325142700/http://www.lawrenceks.org/lprd/parks |archive-date=March 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |title=Parks & Trails &middot; City of Lawrence, Kansas |access-date=November 10, 2014 }}</ref> The first cemetery in Lawrence, Pioneer Cemetery, is on the University of Kansas campus and is maintained by KU.

===Climate===
Lawrence has a [[humid continental]] climate ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfa''), typically experiencing hot, humid summers and cold, dry winters.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Peel | first1 = M. C. | last2 = Finlayson | first2 = B. L. | last3 = McMahon | first3 = T. A. | date = March 1, 2007 | title = Updated Köppen-Geiger climate classification map | journal = Hydrology and Earth System Sciences | issue = 4 | pages = 439–473 | doi = 10.5194/hessd-4-439-2007 | url = http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/4/439/2007/hessd-4-439-2007.pdf | access-date = January 25, 2012| doi-access = free }}</ref> The hottest temperature recorded in Lawrence was {{convert|114|F|C|1}} on August 10, 1934 and August 14, 1936, while the coldest temperature recorded was {{convert|-25|F|C|1}} on February 12, 1899.<ref name = NOWData/>

{{Weather box
|location = Lawrence, Kansas, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1868–present
|single line = Yes

|Jan record high F = 74
|Feb record high F = 84
|Mar record high F = 91
|Apr record high F = 94
|May record high F = 102
|Jun record high F = 107
|Jul record high F = 113
|Aug record high F = 114
|Sep record high F = 108
|Oct record high F = 98
|Nov record high F = 85
|Dec record high F = 76

|Jan avg record high F = 61.9
|Feb avg record high F = 67.0
|Mar avg record high F = 78.1
|Apr avg record high F = 83.9
|May avg record high F = 88.8
|Jun avg record high F = 94.7
|Jul avg record high F = 99.3
|Aug avg record high F = 99.4
|Sep avg record high F = 93.0
|Oct avg record high F = 86.1
|Nov avg record high F = 73.5
|Dec avg record high F = 64.3
|year avg record high F = 101.3

|Jan high F = 38.3
|Feb high F = 43.6
|Mar high F = 54.6
|Apr high F = 64.6
|May high F = 74.1
|Jun high F = 83.9
|Jul high F = 88.6
|Aug high F = 87.3
|Sep high F = 79.0
|Oct high F = 67.0
|Nov high F = 53.5
|Dec high F = 41.8
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 28.8
|Feb mean F = 33.3
|Mar mean F = 43.9
|Apr mean F = 54.3
|May mean F = 65.0
|Jun mean F = 74.6
|Jul mean F = 79.2
|Aug mean F = 77.5
|Sep mean F = 68.9
|Oct mean F = 56.8
|Nov mean F = 43.7
|Dec mean F = 33.0
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 19.4
|Feb low F = 23.0
|Mar low F = 33.1
|Apr low F = 43.9
|May low F = 55.9
|Jun low F = 65.3
|Jul low F = 69.8
|Aug low F = 67.6
|Sep low F = 58.7
|Oct low F = 46.6
|Nov low F = 33.9
|Dec low F = 24.2
|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = 0.2
|Feb avg record low F = 6.0
|Mar avg record low F = 15.3
|Apr avg record low F = 29.0
|May avg record low F = 42.2
|Jun avg record low F = 53.6
|Jul avg record low F = 59.9
|Aug avg record low F = 58.0
|Sep avg record low F = 44.2
|Oct avg record low F = 30.0
|Nov avg record low F = 17.2
|Dec avg record low F = 7.1
|year avg record low F = -3.6

|Jan record low F = -21
|Feb record low F = -25
|Mar record low F = -7
|Apr record low F = 11
|May record low F = 30
|Jun record low F = 37
|Jul record low F = 47
|Aug record low F = 42
|Sep record low F = 24
|Oct record low F = 15
|Nov record low F = 2
|Dec record low F = -21

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.96
|Feb precipitation inch = 1.54
|Mar precipitation inch = 2.32
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.13
|May precipitation inch = 5.13
|Jun precipitation inch = 5.69
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.28
|Aug precipitation inch = 4.63
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.95
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.20
|Nov precipitation inch = 1.96
|Dec precipitation inch = 1.61
|year precipitation inch = 39.40

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 4.7
|Feb precipitation days = 5.6
|Mar precipitation days = 7.7
|Apr precipitation days = 9.5
|May precipitation days = 11.3
|Jun precipitation days = 9.5
|Jul precipitation days = 8.2
|Aug precipitation days = 8.2
|Sep precipitation days = 7.3
|Oct precipitation days = 7.3
|Nov precipitation days = 5.4
|Dec precipitation days = 4.9

|Jan snow inch = 2.1
|Feb snow inch = 3.3
|Mar snow inch = 0.8
|Apr snow inch = 0.1
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.3
|Nov snow inch = 0.9
|Dec snow inch = 2.9
|year snow inch =

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 2.2
|Feb snow days = 1.7
|Mar snow days = 0.5
|Apr snow days = 0.2
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.2
|Nov snow days = 0.6
|Dec snow days = 1.8

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|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00144559&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Lawrence, KS
|access-date = November 21, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=top
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Topeka
|access-date = November 21, 2023
}}
</ref>
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