Editing Wernigerode (section)

== Geography ==

=== Location ===
[[Image:WernigerodeCastleWinter.jpg|thumb|left|[[Wernigerode Castle]]]]
[[File:WenigerodeWinterViewFromCastle.jpg|thumb|left|Wernigerode and the [[Brocken]] in winter]]
The town lies at about {{convert|250|m}} above [[Normalnull|sea level (NN)]] on the northeastern flank of the [[Harz Mountains]] in central [[Germany]], at the foot of their highest peak, the [[Brocken]], on the [[Bundesstraße 6|B 6]] and [[Bundesstraße 244|B 244]] federal highways and on the [[Halberstadt–Vienenburg railway|railway line from Halberstadt to Vienenburg]] that links the cities of [[Halle (Saale)]] and [[Hanover]].

The [[River Holtemme]] flows through the town and, not far from its western gate, it is joined by the [[Zillierbach]] stream, which is also known as the {{lang|de|Flutrenne}} near its mouth. North of the town the Barrenbach flows through several ponds and empties into the {{lang|de|Holtemme}} in the village of Minsleben. The historic town centre consists of an [[old town]] and a [[new town]] ({{lang|de|Altstadt}} and {{lang|de|Neustadt}}). The town's borough includes [[Hasserode]], [[Nöschenrode]], the residential estates of Stadtfeld, [[Burgbreite]] and Harzblick as well as the villages of [[Benzingerode]], [[Minsleben]], [[Silstedt]], [[Schierke]] and [[Reddeber]].

The borough measures {{convert|9.5|km}} from west to east and {{convert|6|km}} from north to south. Its highest point is the [[Brocken]], at {{convert|1,141|m}} above NN, and its lowest is at {{convert|215|m}}.

The town lies on the German-Dutch holiday road known as the [[Orange Route]].

The [[Northern Harz Boundary Fault]] crosses the borough along which runs the watershed between the Weser and Elbe rivers. To the north precipitation flows into the Weser, to the southeast, later northeast, waters flow into the Elbe. This fault line runs through the suburb of Hasserode to the west south west of the city centre and forms the town's castle hill to the south east of the city centre.

=== Town divisions ===
The town of Wernigerode is divided into the town itself, including the villages of [[Hasserode]] and [[Nöschenrode]] incorporated before 1994, and five villages with their own local councils that were integrated after 1994: [[Benzingerode]], [[Minsleben]], [[Reddeber]], [[Schierke]] and [[Silstedt]].<ref>[http://www.wernigerode.de/media/dokumente/ortsrechtsatzungen/0_verwaltung/hauptsatzung.pdf Hauptsatzung Stadt Wernigerode] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415141819/http://www.wernigerode.de/media/dokumente/ortsrechtsatzungen/0_verwaltung/hauptsatzung.pdf |date=2012-04-15 }} (PDF; 88 KB); accessed on 30 March 2011</ref>

=== Climate ===
[[File:Harz Regenschatten.png|thumb|Wernigerode in the rain shadow of the Harz]]
Wernigerode is located in the Central European transition subzone of the temperate climatic zone.<ref>Klimaklassifikation nach E. Neef. Siehe [http://www.m-forkel.de/klima/klimazonen.html m-forkel.de: Klimazonen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423192437/http://www.m-forkel.de/klima/klimazonen.html |date=2015-04-23 }}</ref> Its average annual temperature is {{convert|9.5|°C}}; its average annual precipitation is {{convert|500|mm}}.

The warmest months are June to August with average temperatures of {{convert|16.0|to|18.3|°C}} and the coldest are December to February at {{convert|1.1|to|2.1|°C}}.

The most rain falls in July, on average {{convert|54|mm}}, the least in February, with {{convert|30|mm}} on average.

The climate, more precisely the amounts of precipitation and temperatures, are influenced by the [[orographic rainfall]] caused by the Harz Mountains. Because the town lies in the rain shadow ([[leeward side]]) of the Harz, less precipitation falls here than in similar temperate regions without the protection of a mountain range. In addition the occasional [[föhn]] winds that occur result in an increase in temperatures.

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| location = Wernigerode (1991–2020 normals)	
| metric first = Y	
| single line = Y	
|collapsed = Y
|Jan high C = 	4.5
|Feb high C = 	4.8
|Mar high C = 	8.9
|Apr high C = 	14.2
|May high C = 	18.2
|Jun high C = 	21.6
|Jul high C = 	24.2
|Aug high C = 	23.9
|Sep high C = 	19.2
|Oct high C = 	14.1
|Nov high C = 	8.6
|Dec high C = 	5.3
| year high C =	14.2
|Jan mean C = 	1.7
|Feb mean C = 	1.6
|Mar mean C = 	4.8
|Apr mean C = 	9.1
|May mean C = 	13.2
|Jun mean C = 	16.5
|Jul mean C = 	19.0
|Aug mean C = 	18.2
|Sep mean C = 	14.5
|Oct mean C = 	10.2
|Nov mean C = 	5.8
|Dec mean C = 	2.7
|year mean C = 	9.9
|Jan low C = 	-1.2
|Feb low C = 	-2.0
|Mar low C = 	0.6
|Apr low C = 	3.6
|May low C = 	7.5
|Jun low C = 	11.0
|Jul low C = 	13.2
|Aug low C = 	13.0
|Sep low C = 	9.4
|Oct low C = 	6.1
|Nov low C = 	2.4
|Dec low C = 	-0.5
| year low C =	5.4
| precipitation colour = green	
|Jan precipitation mm = 	52.3
|Feb precipitation mm = 	35.9
|Mar precipitation mm = 	43.5
|Apr precipitation mm = 	32.0
|May precipitation mm = 	64.2
|Jun precipitation mm = 	47.0
|Jul precipitation mm = 	67.1
|Aug precipitation mm = 	54.8
|Sep precipitation mm = 	55.1
|Oct precipitation mm = 	41.3
|Nov precipitation mm = 	44.0
|Dec precipitation mm = 	46.9
| year precipitation mm =	613.9
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm	
|Jan precipitation days = 	17.7
|Feb precipitation days = 	14.0
|Mar precipitation days = 	15.0
|Apr precipitation days = 	11.6
|May precipitation days = 	14.3
|Jun precipitation days = 	13.4
|Jul precipitation days = 	15.5
|Aug precipitation days = 	14.0
|Sep precipitation days = 	13.3
|Oct precipitation days = 	13.9
|Nov precipitation days = 	15.2
|Dec precipitation days = 	17.5
|year precipitation days = 	176.3
|Jan sun = 	62.6
|Feb sun = 	87.4
|Mar sun = 	139.0
|Apr sun = 	182.0
|May sun = 	205.0
|Jun sun = 	215.3
|Jul sun = 	223.9
|Aug sun = 	203.4
|Sep sun = 	151.4
|Oct sun = 	122.9
|Nov sun = 	67.7
|Dec sun = 	51.3
|year sun = 	1743.7
|Jan humidity = 	80
|Feb humidity = 	77.3
|Mar humidity = 	73.9
|Apr humidity = 	67.2
|May humidity = 	68.6
|Jun humidity = 	68.2
|Jul humidity = 	66.0
|Aug humidity = 	67.2
|Sep humidity = 	73.1
|Oct humidity = 	78.7
|Nov humidity = 	82.1
|Dec humidity = 	80.5
| source 1 = [[World Meteorological Organization]]<ref name=WMO>{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231012174844/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Wernigerode_10454.csv
| archive-date = 12 October 2023
| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Wernigerode_10454.csv
| title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020
| work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = 12 October 2023}}</ref>
}}	

Wernigerode has a snow load class of 3 according to the German industrial standard, DIN 1055.