Editing Coningsby (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Road Bridge over the River Bain, Coningsby - geograph.org.uk - 106253.jpg|thumb|left|Bridge over the [[River Bain]] ]]
The town takes its name from the [[Old Norse]] ''konungr'' meaning "King" and the [[Old Norse]] noun ''by'' meaning "settlement", which gives "settlement of the King".<ref>{{cite book|title=A Dictionary of British Place Names|first1= A.D.|last1= Mills|publisher=Oxford University Press| location=Oxford| orig-year= first published 1991|date=2011|edition=First edition revised 2011|isbn=9780199609086|page=128 }}</ref> Coningsby is about {{convert|7|mi|km|0}} south of [[Horncastle, Lincolnshire|Horncastle]] on the [[A153 road|A153]] Horncastle to [[Sleaford]] road, with the [[Lincolnshire Wolds]] to the east and the [[The Fens|Fens]] to the west. The B1192 [[Kirton, Lincolnshire|Kirton]] to [[Woodhall Spa]] road passes through the town. At the town's western end it is separated from the village of [[Tattershall]] by the [[River Bain]].
 
The [[Kirkstead and Little Steeping Railway]] passing through the town opened on 1 July 1913 but closed on 5 July 1970. The former [[Coningsby railway station]] has been demolished and nothing remains except for the station master's house.<ref name="disused">{{cite web |title=Disused Stations: Coningsby Station |url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/c/coningsby/index.shtml |website=www.disused-stations.org.uk |access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref>

A temperature of {{convert|40.3|C|F}}, which is the [[United Kingdom weather records|highest temperature ever recorded in the UK]], occurred on [[2022 United Kingdom heat wave|19 July 2022]] at Coningsby.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?ind=03391&ano=2022&mes=7&day=20&hora=12&min=0&ndays=30|title=03391: Coningsby Royal Air Force Base (United Kingdom) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=19 July 2022 |website=ogimet.com |publisher=OGIMET|access-date=20 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62217282 |title=UK heatwave sees temperatures above 40C for first time |last1=Andersson |first1=Jasmine|last2=Faulkner |first2=Doug |date= 19 July 2022 |website=bbc.co.uk |publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date= 19 July 2022 |quote=}}</ref>

===Climate===

{{Weather box
 | width       = auto
 | metric first = yes
 | single line = yes
 | location    = [[RAF Coningsby]] (1991–2020)
 | Jan high C = 7.3
 | Feb high C = 8.1
 | Mar high C = 10.7
 | Apr high C = 13.6
 | May high C = 16.8
 | Jun high C = 19.6
 | Jul high C = 22.2
 | Aug high C = 22.1
 | Sep high C = 19.0
 | Oct high C = 14.7
 | Nov high C = 10.3
 | Dec high C = 7.5
 | year high C = 14.4
 | Jan low C = 1.2
 | Feb low C = 1.3
 | Mar low C = 2.7
 | Apr low C = 4.7
 | May low C = 7.5
 | Jun low C = 10.4
 | Jul low C = 12.4
 | Aug low C = 12.3
 | Sep low C = 10.2
 | Oct low C = 7.4
 | Nov low C = 3.8
 | Dec low C = 1.5
 | year low C = 6.3
 | rain colour = green
 | Jan rain mm = 47.6
 | Feb rain mm = 37.8
 | Mar rain mm = 34.8
 | Apr rain mm = 40.2
 | May rain mm = 45.8
 | Jun rain mm = 57.0
 | Jul rain mm = 54.8
 | Aug rain mm = 58.7
 | Sep rain mm = 51.4
 | Oct rain mm = 59.5
 | Nov rain mm = 56.0
 | Dec rain mm = 50.4
 | year rain mm = 594.1
 | unit rain days = 1 mm
 | Jan rain days = 10.2
 | Feb rain days = 9.3
 | Mar rain days = 8.2
 | Apr rain days = 8.3
 | May rain days = 8.5
 | Jun rain days = 9.3
 | Jul rain days = 9.2
 | Aug rain days = 9.2
 | Sep rain days = 8.3
 | Oct rain days = 9.9
 | Nov rain days = 11.6
 | Dec rain days = 11.0
 | year rain days = 112.9
| source 1 = [[Met Office]]<ref name="Met Office normals">{{cite web
|url = https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages/gcryh17qz
|title = Coningsby (Lincolnshire) UK climate averages – Met Office
|publisher = Met Office
|access-date = 21 July 2024}}</ref>
}}