Callahan, California (original) (raw)
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Unincorporated community in California, United States
Unincorporated community in California, United States
| Callahan, California | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
 The convenience store and bar in Callahan |
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| Coordinates: 41°18′35″N 122°48′05″W / 41.30972°N 122.80139°W / 41.30972; -122.80139 | |
| 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] |
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]
The 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] During the Civil War the local butcher shop raised a Palmetto flag to show support for the rebels but it was soon hauled down with 2 townspeople heckling the owner about it.[4]
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, Callahan has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[5]
| 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) | 91.5(33.1) | 90.2(32.3) | 82.6(28.1) | 68.0(20.0) | 52.9(11.6) | 44.2(6.8) | 65.6(18.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 27.4(−2.6) | 29.9(−1.2) | 30.9(−0.6) | 34.7(1.5) | 39.5(4.2) | 45.7(7.6) | 52.5(11.4) | 51.5(10.8) | 45.7(7.6) | 38.2(3.4) | 30.8(−0.7) | 26.7(−2.9) | 37.8(3.2) |
| 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) | 2.7(69) | 2.1(53) | 1.26(32) | 1.09(28) | 0.76(19) | 0.43(11) | 0.37(9.4) | 0.5(13) | 1.57(40) | 2.88(73) | 3.79(96) | 20.92(531) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 4.5(11) | 1.7(4.3) | 2.2(5.6) | 0.3(0.76) | 0.2(0.51) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0.1(0.25) | 1.3(3.3) | 2.6(6.6) | 12.8(33) |
| Average precipitation days | 12 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 89 |
| Source: WRCC[6] |
- ^ 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.
- ^ Red Bluff Independent,17 September 1861
- ^ Climate Summary for Callahan, California
- ^ "CALLAHAN, CA (041316)". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved November 29, 2015.