Hensler is an unincorporated rural village in Oliver County,

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, located along the BNSF railroad tracks near North Dakota Highway 200, southwest of

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. The village offers a county social services office and a grain elevator.

Climate

This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the

Köppen Climate Classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

system, Hensler has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...

, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.Climate Summary for Hensler, North Dakota
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References

Unincorporated communities in Oliver County, North Dakota Unincorporated communities in North Dakota {{NorthDakota-geo-stub