Emigrant Gap, California
Emigrant Gap, California | |
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Coordinates: 39°17′49″N 120°40′22″W / 39.29694°N 120.67278°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Placer County |
Elevation | 5,190 ft (1,582 m) |
Population (2016 [1]) | |
• Total | 80 [1] |
ZIP codes | 95715 [1] |
Area code | 530[3] |
Emigrant Gap (formerly, Wilsons Ranch)[4] is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California.[2] The Emigrant Gap community is located 0.25 miles (0.4 km) southwest of the Emigrant Gap landmark.[4] It lies at an elevation of 5190 feet (1582 m).[2]
The Wilsons Ranch post office opened in 1865, changed its name to Emigrant Gap in 1868.[4] The name Wilsons Ranch honored a stage stop operator.[4]
Climate
Eimgrant Gap has a (Csb) according to the Köppen climate classification system. Summers are warm and occasionally hot with cool nights, while winters are cold and snowy. The Western Regional Climate Center had a weather station at an elevation of 5014 feet right next to Emigrant Gap at Lake Spaulding.
Climate data for Emigrant Gap, California (Lake Spaulding), 1981-2010 temperature and precipitation normals, snowfall and extremes 1902–2003 | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 72 (22) |
75 (24) |
87 (31) |
96 (36) |
97 (36) |
100 (38) |
104 (40) |
103 (39) |
106 (41) |
95 (35) |
86 (30) |
72 (22) |
106 (41) |
Mean maximum °F (°C) | 55 (13) |
57 (14) |
69 (21) |
83 (28) |
88 (31) |
92 (33) |
95 (35) |
93 (34) |
90 (32) |
81 (27) |
70 (21) |
58 (14) |
95 (35) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 44.1 (6.7) |
44.6 (7.0) |
46.5 (8.1) |
53.2 (11.8) |
61.3 (16.3) |
72.7 (22.6) |
81.6 (27.6) |
81.5 (27.5) |
75.4 (24.1) |
63.9 (17.7) |
49.2 (9.6) |
44.0 (6.7) |
59.8 (15.5) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 35.5 (1.9) |
37.2 (2.9) |
39.4 (4.1) |
43.2 (6.2) |
50.7 (10.4) |
59.3 (15.2) |
65.0 (18.3) |
63.9 (17.7) |
59.7 (15.4) |
51.6 (10.9) |
42.2 (5.7) |
38.5 (3.6) |
48.9 (9.4) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 28.3 (−2.1) |
28.1 (−2.2) |
30.2 (−1.0) |
34.3 (1.3) |
41.1 (5.1) |
48.3 (9.1) |
57.3 (14.1) |
56.9 (13.8) |
49.2 (9.6) |
41.3 (5.2) |
33.1 (0.6) |
27.0 (−2.8) |
39.6 (4.2) |
Mean minimum °F (°C) | 12 (−11) |
13 (−11) |
14 (−10) |
25 (−4) |
31 (−1) |
32 (0) |
48 (9) |
47 (8) |
38 (3) |
29 (−2) |
20 (−7) |
11 (−12) |
9 (−13) |
Record low °F (°C) | −9 (−23) |
−7 (−22) |
−1 (−18) |
3 (−16) |
14 (−10) |
24 (−4) |
30 (−1) |
31 (−1) |
23 (−5) |
14 (−10) |
6 (−14) |
−12 (−24) |
−12 (−24) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 12.77 (324) |
11.78 (299) |
11.30 (287) |
6.41 (163) |
3.90 (99) |
1.29 (33) |
0.17 (4.3) |
0.20 (5.1) |
1.63 (41) |
3.77 (96) |
10.77 (274) |
13.56 (344) |
77.55 (1,969.4) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 53.8 (137) |
49.0 (124) |
49.1 (125) |
23.5 (60) |
6.4 (16) |
0.5 (1.3) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.1 (0.25) |
2.5 (6.4) |
17.9 (45) |
40.5 (103) |
243.3 (617.95) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 86 |
Source: WRCC (temperature and precipitation averages 1981–2010, other values 1902-2003)
"Lake Spaulding, CA (044713./)". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved November 29, 2015. </ref> |
References
- ^ a b c "Emigrant Gap (zip 95715), California People". www.bestplaces.net. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Emigrant Gap, California
- ^ "City of Emigrant Gap, CA Zip Codes - ZipCode.org". zipcode.org. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- ^ a b c d Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 482. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
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