Madeline, California
Madeline is an unincorporated area in Lassen County, California.[1] It is located 45 miles (72 km) north-northeast of Susanville,[2] at an elevation of 5321 feet (1622 m).[1] Its population is 21 as of the 2020 census.
A post office was operated at Madeline from 1875 to 1878, and from 1879 to 1882.[2] It was reopened in 1887, and moved in 1902.[2] The zip code for the town is 96119.
Madeline was formerly a stop on the now-abandoned Nevada-California-Oregon Railway, later taken over by the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Climate
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Madeline has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[3]
Climate data for Susanville, California, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1895–present | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 65 (18) | 64 (18) | 74 (23) | 86 (30) | 93 (34) | 101 (38) | 104 (40) | 102 (39) | 95 (35) | 90 (32) | 75 (24) | 68 (20) | 104 (40) |
Mean maximum °F (°C) | 52 (11) | 53 (12) | 65 (18) | 73 (23) | 81 (27) | 89 (32) | 94 (34) | 94 (34) | 88 (31) | 79 (26) | 67 (19) | 56 (13) | 95 (35) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 37.5 (3.1) | 39.9 (4.4) | 47.6 (8.7) | 56.0 (13.3) | 64.0 (17.8) | 74.3 (23.5) | 84.6 (29.2) | 84.7 (29.3) | 76.6 (24.8) | 64.9 (18.3) | 52.5 (11.4) | 41.3 (5.2) | 60.3 (15.8) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 24.4 (−4.2) | 27.3 (−2.6) | 35.0 (1.7) | 42.2 (5.7) | 49.2 (9.6) | 56.3 (13.5) | 64.4 (18.0) | 62.9 (17.2) | 56.2 (13.4) | 46.5 (8.1) | 37.1 (2.8) | 27.7 (−2.4) | 44.1 (6.7) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 11.3 (−11.5) | 14.9 (−9.5) | 21.4 (−5.9) | 27.5 (−2.5) | 33.4 (0.8) | 38.4 (3.6) | 44.3 (6.8) | 43.0 (6.1) | 35.9 (2.2) | 28.2 (−2.1) | 21.6 (−5.8) | 14.3 (−9.8) | 27.9 (−2.3) |
Mean minimum °F (°C) | −15 (−26) | −7 (−22) | 5 (−15) | 15 (−9) | 22 (−6) | 28 (−2) | 34 (1) | 32 (0) | 26 (−3) | 16 (−9) | 5 (−15) | −6 (−21) | −22 (−30) |
Record low °F (°C) | −30 (−34) | −28 (−33) | −21 (−29) | 6 (−14) | 11 (−12) | 20 (−7) | 24 (−4) | 21 (−6) | 17 (−8) | 8 (−13) | −10 (−23) | −37 (−38) | −37 (−38) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.78 (45) | 1.27 (32) | 0.91 (23) | 0.85 (22) | 1.13 (29) | 0.87 (22) | 0.39 (9.9) | 0.33 (8.4) | 0.40 (10) | 0.87 (22) | 0.87 (22) | 1.35 (34) | 11.02 (279.3) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 16.0 (41) | 8.9 (23) | 7.9 (20) | 4.2 (11) | 2.1 (5.3) | 0.1 (0.25) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 1.2 (3.0) | 3.5 (8.9) | 9.4 (24) | 53.3 (136.45) |
Source: https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ca5231 |
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Madeline, California
- ^ a b c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 397. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ Climate Summary for Madeline, California
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