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Blue Canyon (also, Blue Cañon) is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California.[1] Blue Canyon is located 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Emigrant Gap.[2] It lies at an elevation of 4695 feet (1431 m).[1]

Blue Canyon
Unincorporated community
Blue Canyon
Location in California
Blue Canyon
Blue Canyon (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°15′26″N 120°42′40″W
Country United States
State California
CountyPlacer County
Elevation
[1]
4,695 ft (1,431 m)

Blue Canyon was possibly named for the blue smoke of the camps when extensive lumbering occurred there in the 1850s. It might otherwise have been named after a miner from that same period named "Old Jim Blue".[3]

The Blue Canyon post office operated from 1867 to 1927. The Blue Cañon post office operated from 1936 to 1942 and from 1948 to 1964.[2]


Climate


Blue Canyon has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb) according to the Köppen climate classification system. Summers are generally warm with cool nights, while winters are moderately cold and extremely snowy, despite no month having a low temperature below freezing.

Climate data for Blue Canyon, California Blue Canyon–Nyack Airport, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1943–present
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 76
(24)		 73
(23)		 72
(22)		 82
(28)		 88
(31)		 92
(33)		 95
(35)		 97
(36)		 96
(36)		 88
(31)		 78
(26)		 75
(24)		 97
(36)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 63.1
(17.3)		 60.7
(15.9)		 63.1
(17.3)		 71.4
(21.9)		 76.3
(24.6)		 85.2
(29.6)		 87.3
(30.7)		 86.6
(30.3)		 85.3
(29.6)		 76.5
(24.7)		 69.5
(20.8)		 61.1
(16.2)		 89.5
(31.9)
Average high °F (°C) 46.5
(8.1)		 45.0
(7.2)		 48.2
(9.0)		 52.0
(11.1)		 60.6
(15.9)		 69.8
(21.0)		 77.8
(25.4)		 77.4
(25.2)		 72.9
(22.7)		 62.9
(17.2)		 51.2
(10.7)		 44.8
(7.1)		 59.1
(15.1)
Daily mean °F (°C) 40.4
(4.7)		 39.0
(3.9)		 41.5
(5.3)		 44.8
(7.1)		 53.1
(11.7)		 62.1
(16.7)		 70.2
(21.2)		 69.8
(21.0)		 65.1
(18.4)		 55.5
(13.1)		 45.1
(7.3)		 39.2
(4.0)		 52.2
(11.2)
Average low °F (°C) 34.4
(1.3)		 33.1
(0.6)		 34.7
(1.5)		 37.5
(3.1)		 45.6
(7.6)		 54.4
(12.4)		 62.7
(17.1)		 62.1
(16.7)		 57.2
(14.0)		 48.1
(8.9)		 39.0
(3.9)		 33.6
(0.9)		 45.2
(7.3)
Mean minimum °F (°C) 21.6
(−5.8)		 19.9
(−6.7)		 23.0
(−5.0)		 24.9
(−3.9)		 31.6
(−0.2)		 38.5
(3.6)		 53.9
(12.2)		 52.9
(11.6)		 41.2
(5.1)		 33.0
(0.6)		 25.8
(−3.4)		 20.3
(−6.5)		 16.5
(−8.6)
Record low °F (°C) 5
(−15)		 6
(−14)		 9
(−13)		 17
(−8)		 21
(−6)		 28
(−2)		 36
(2)		 35
(2)		 27
(−3)		 17
(−8)		 13
(−11)		 3
(−16)		 3
(−16)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 9.87
(251)		 10.56
(268)		 9.40
(239)		 4.76
(121)		 3.71
(94)		 1.20
(30)		 0.09
(2.3)		 0.28
(7.1)		 1.03
(26)		 3.87
(98)		 8.39
(213)		 11.46
(291)		 64.62
(1,640.4)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 48.1
(122)		 43.5
(110)		 49.8
(126)		 25.0
(64)		 7.5
(19)		 0.6
(1.5)		 0.0
(0.0)		 0.0
(0.0)		 0.4
(1.0)		 2.7
(6.9)		 24.0
(61)		 38.8
(99)		 240.3
(610)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) 11.5 11.8 11.6 10.5 6.0 2.6 0.6 1.1 2.8 6.1 10.5 14.4 89.5
Source 1: NOAA (mean maxima and minima 2006-2020)[4][5]
Source 2: WRCC (snowfall 1940–2012)[6]

See also



References


  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blue Canyon, California
  2. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 452. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. Gudde, Erwin G. (1998). California place names : the origin and etymology of current geographical names (4th ed., rev. and enl. ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 39. ISBN 0520213165.
  4. "NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data". NOAA. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  5. "U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved September 7, 2022
  6. "BLUE CANYON AP, CA (040897)". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved November 29, 2015.


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