Madeline | |
|---|---|
  Madeline Location in California  Madeline Madeline (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 41°03′04″N 120°28′32″W / 41.05111°N 120.47556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Lassen County |
| Elevation | 5,321 ft (1,622 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 21 |
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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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