Callahan is an unincorporated community in Siskiyou County, California, United States. Callahan is located on California State Route 3 11.5 miles (18.5 km) south-southeast of Etna. Callahan has a post office with ZIP code 96014. As of 2009 it has a population of 50~.[2]
Callahan, California | |
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Coordinates: 41°18′35″N 122°48′05″W / 41.30972°N 122.80139°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Siskiyou |
Elevation | 3,140 ft (960 m) |
Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
ZIP code | 96014 |
Area code | 530 |
GNIS feature ID | 257834[1] |
History
editThe post office opened as Callahan's Ranch in 1858 and changed its name to Callahan in 1892. The community was named after M.B. Callahan, who opened a travelers' stop[clarification needed] in the community in 1851.[3]
Climate
editThis 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, Callahan has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[4]
Climate data for Callahan (1943-2012) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 65 (18) |
72 (22) |
82 (28) |
86 (30) |
98 (37) |
103 (39) |
106 (41) |
105 (41) |
105 (41) |
91 (33) |
75 (24) |
65 (18) |
106 (41) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 46.9 (8.3) |
50.8 (10.4) |
56.3 (13.5) |
62.7 (17.1) |
71.5 (21.9) |
81.1 (27.3) |
89.5 (31.9) |
89.2 (31.8) |
81.6 (27.6) |
67.0 (19.4) |
51.9 (11.1) |
43.2 (6.2) |
66.0 (18.9) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 26.9 (−2.8) |
28.5 (−1.9) |
30.9 (−0.6) |
33.7 (0.9) |
39.5 (4.2) |
44.7 (7.1) |
51.5 (10.8) |
50.5 (10.3) |
43.7 (6.5) |
37.2 (2.9) |
30.2 (−1.0) |
26.3 (−3.2) |
37.0 (2.8) |
Record low °F (°C) | −6 (−21) |
−1 (−18) |
4 (−16) |
18 (−8) |
21 (−6) |
21 (−6) |
29 (−2) |
32 (0) |
23 (−5) |
15 (−9) |
9 (−13) |
−9 (−23) |
−9 (−23) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 3.46 (88) |
2.9 (74) |
2.1 (53) |
1.36 (35) |
1.19 (30) |
0.76 (19) |
0.43 (11) |
0.37 (9.4) |
0.48 (12) |
1.57 (40) |
2.98 (76) |
3.79 (96) |
21.39 (543.4) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 3.5 (8.9) |
1.1 (2.8) |
1.2 (3.0) |
0.3 (0.76) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0.8 (2.0) |
2.1 (5.3) |
9.2 (23.26) |
Average precipitation days | 12 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 89 |
Source: WRCC[5] |
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Callahan, California
- ^ ZIP Code Lookup
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 206. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ Climate Summary for Callahan, California
- ^ "CALLAHAN, CA (041316)". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved November 29, 2015.