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Wenonah Canoes

Winona is a city in and the county seat of Winona County, in the U.S. State of Minnesota. Located in picturesque bluff country on the Mississippi River, its most noticeable physical landmark is Sugar Loaf.

The city is named after Princess We-Noh-Nah, daughter of Chief Wapasha (Wabasha) III.

The population was 27,592 at the 2010 census. Its annual celebration, Steamboat Days, is held in the summer. It is also known as the stained glass capital of the United States.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 23.6 square miles (61 km²), of which, 18.2 square miles (47 km²) of it is land and 5.3 square miles (14 km²) of it (22.62%) is water.

Winona's primary suburbs are Goodview, Stockton, Minnesota City and Rollingstone to the west, Homer to the southeast and Fountain City to the north. Rochester is 44 miles to the west of Winona, La Crescent is 21 miles to the south, and La Crosse is 30 miles to the southeast.

Winona's weather station, as well as neighboring city, La Crescent's station, records the warmest climate of any in Minnesota, with a normal year-round average (1971–2000) temperature of 48.9°F,"Temperature Summary Station: 219067 WINONA, MN,1971-2000 NCDC Normals". Historical Climate Data. Retrieved 2007-12-16. compared to 43.2° in Austin to the city's southwest or 45.4° in Minneapolis, to the northwest, which experiences a strong urban heat island effect. Temperatures are generally very mild by Minnesota standards year-round; the January mean is 17.6°, while that of July is 75.8°.