diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 300b8559..c9e0a27e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Maintenance
 
+- Rename the `d_mesh_static` mesh-node static-feature dimension to `num_mesh_static_vars` in comments and docstrings, matching the canonical `num_*` naming. [\#695](https://github.com/mllam/neural-lam/pull/695) @uttam12331
+
 - Add comprehensive type hints to GraphLAM in `neural_lam/models/step_predictors/graph/graph_lam.py` [\#669](https://github.com/mllam/neural-lam/pull/669) @GiGiKoneti
 
 - Add comprehensive type hints to ARForecaster in `neural_lam/models/forecasters/autoregressive.py` [\#663](https://github.com/mllam/neural-lam/pull/663) @GiGiKoneti
diff --git a/neural_lam/create_graph.py b/neural_lam/create_graph.py
index c67e4397..cd82cf3a 100644
--- a/neural_lam/create_graph.py
+++ b/neural_lam/create_graph.py
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ def create_graph(
     - m2m_edge_index.pt  list of [2, N_m2m_edges_level], length==n_levels
     - m2m_features.pt    list of [N_m2m_edges_level, d_features],
                          length==n_levels
-    - mesh_features.pt   list of [N_mesh_nodes_level, d_mesh_static],
+    - mesh_features.pt   list of [N_mesh_nodes_level, num_mesh_static_vars],
                          length==n_levels
 
     where
@@ -296,9 +296,9 @@ def create_graph(
       N_m2m_edges_level:
             number of edges in the graph from mesh-to-mesh at a given level
             (list index corresponds to the level)
-      d_mesh_static:
+      num_mesh_static_vars:
             number of static features per mesh node (currently
-            d_mesh_static==2, for x and y)
+            num_mesh_static_vars==2, for x and y)
       N_mesh_nodes_level:
             number of nodes in the mesh at a given level
 
diff --git a/neural_lam/utils.py b/neural_lam/utils.py
index 942eb206..75c829a0 100644
--- a/neural_lam/utils.py
+++ b/neural_lam/utils.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ def loads_file(fn: str) -> Any:
     # Load static node features
     mesh_static_features = loads_file(
         "mesh_features.pt"
-    )  # List of (N_mesh[l], d_mesh_static)
+    )  # List of (N_mesh[l], num_mesh_static_vars)
 
     # Load edges (edge_index)
     m2m_edge_index = BufferList(
diff --git a/tests/test_graph_creation.py b/tests/test_graph_creation.py
index 3eca73a2..d08c5ecf 100644
--- a/tests/test_graph_creation.py
+++ b/tests/test_graph_creation.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def test_graph_creation(datastore_name, graph_name):
     # TODO: check that the number of edges is consistent over the files, for
     # now we just check the number of features
     d_features = 3
-    d_mesh_static = 2
+    num_mesh_static_vars = 2
 
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
         graph_dir_path = Path(tmpdir) / "graph" / graph_name
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def test_graph_creation(datastore_name, graph_name):
                     assert isinstance(r, torch.Tensor)
 
                     if file_id == "mesh_features":
-                        assert r.shape[1] == d_mesh_static
+                        assert r.shape[1] == num_mesh_static_vars
                     elif file_id.endswith("_index"):
                         assert r.shape[0] == 2  # adjacency matrix uses two rows
                     elif file_id.endswith("_features"):