Madeline, California facts for kids
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Madeline
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 Madeline
Location in California
Madeline
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Lassen County |
| Elevation | 5,321 ft (1,622 m) |
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 21 |
Madeline is an unincorporated area in Lassen County, California. It is located 45 miles (72 km) north-northeast of Susanville, at an elevation of 5321 feet (1622 m). 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. It was reopened in 1887, and moved in 1902. 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.
| 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 | |||||||||||||
