Editing Colfax, Washington (section)

==Geography==
Colfax is located in southeastern Washington and the nearest cities are [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]], [[Pullman, Washington|Pullman]], [[Moscow, Idaho|Moscow]], and [[Lewiston, Idaho|Lewiston]]/[[Clarkston, Washington|Clarkston]]. The area is geologically interesting, lying in the midst of the fertile [[Palouse|Palouse country]] in the middle of the [[Columbia River Plateau]], with the [[Rocky Mountains]] to the east, the [[Channeled Scablands]] to the west, and the [[Snake River]] to the south.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|3.79|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all of it land.<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=2012-12-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-07-02 }}</ref>
The Palouse River, confined for flood control to a concrete bed that reduces it to an eighteen-inch-wide stream during the dry season, runs through the middle of town, parallel to Main Street.

Colfax has a four-season [[Humid continental climate|continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dsb''), with hot, dry summers, cold winters, and a rainy season that generally runs from autumn til spring. The annual rainfall averages less than {{convert|20|in|mm}} a year. This climate, together with the deep, rich Palouse topsoil, makes for near-ideal wheat growing conditions.
{{Weather box 
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|location= Colfax, Washington (1971–2000)
|Jan record high F =  63
|Feb record high F =  67
|Mar record high F = 78
|Apr record high F =  93
|May record high F = 98
|Jun record high F = 106<!-- The temperature was observed on June 30, 2021, but was not archived (the station no longer archives temperatures). -->
|Jul record high F = 110
|Aug record high F = 108
|Sep record high F = 103
|Oct record high F = 95
|Nov record high F = 75 
|Dec record high F = 65
|year record high F= 
|Jan high F= 37.4
|Feb high F= 43.5
|Mar high F= 51.2
|Apr high F= 58.9
|May high F= 66.8
|Jun high F= 73.9
|Jul high F= 82.7
|Aug high F= 83.3
|Sep high F= 74.6
|Oct high F= 62.0
|Nov high F= 45.6
|Dec high F= 37.6
|Jan mean F= 30.9
|Feb mean F= 35.3
|Mar mean F= 41.0
|Apr mean F= 47.3
|May mean F= 54.1
|Jun mean F= 60.5
|Jul mean F= 66.6
|Aug mean F= 66.4
|Sep mean F= 58.2
|Oct mean F= 47.7
|Nov mean F= 37.8
|Dec mean F= 31.3
|Jan low F= 24.3
|Feb low F= 27.0
|Mar low F= 30.8
|Apr low F= 35.7
|May low F= 41.3
|Jun low F= 47.0
|Jul low F= 50.4
|Aug low F= 49.4
|Sep low F= 41.7
|Oct low F= 33.3
|Nov low F= 29.9
|Dec low F= 24.9
|Jan record low F = -32
|Feb record low F = -23
|Mar record low F = -5
|Apr record low F = 10
|May record low F = 16
|Jun record low F = 23
|Jul record low F = 24
|Aug record low F = 24
|Sep record low F = 19
|Oct record low F = -1
|Nov record low F = -11
|Dec record low F = -33
|year record low F=  
|Jan precipitation inch= 2.33
|Feb precipitation inch= 1.94
|Mar precipitation inch= 2.02
|Apr precipitation inch= 1.73
|May precipitation inch= 1.80
|Jun precipitation inch= 1.37
|Jul precipitation inch= 0.72
|Aug precipitation inch= 0.72
|Sep precipitation inch= 0.73
|Oct precipitation inch= 1.20
|Nov precipitation inch= 2.55
|Dec precipitation inch= 2.93
|source 1= NOAA (normals, 1971–2000) <ref name= NCDC >{{Cite web |url=http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/climatenormals/clim81/WAnorm.pdf |title=Climatography of the United States NO.81 |publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |access-date=January 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809235709/http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/climatenormals/clim81/WAnorm.pdf |archive-date=August 9, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|date=April 2011}}