Orleans, California facts for kids
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Orleans
Panamnik
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 Orleans
Location in California
Orleans
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Humboldt County |
| Elevation | 404 ft (123 m) |
| ZIP code |
95556
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| Area code | 530 |
| FIPS code | 06-54288 |
| GNIS feature ID | 264396 |
Orleans (formerly New Orleans Bar and Orleans Bar) (Karuk: Panamnik), is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Weitchpec along State Route 96 (the "Bigfoot Scenic Byway"), at an elevation of 404 feet (123 m). The ZIP Code is 95556. It is within the area code 530. It is within the historical territory of the Karuk Tribe of California.
The original indigenous settlement was named Panamnik. When European-American miners arrived, they named their settlement New Orleans Bar. It was renamed Orleans Bar in 1855 when it became the county seat of the now-defunct Klamath County, California. The Orleans post office was established on December 2, 1857.
Orleans is about 10 miles northeast of the site of the famous Patterson–Gimlin film of a purported Bigfoot.
Climate
Orleans has a Hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) according to the Köppen climate classification system.
| Climate data for Orleans, California, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1903–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 71 (22) |
83 (28) |
96 (36) |
101 (38) |
109 (43) |
111 (44) |
117 (47) |
116 (47) |
113 (45) |
102 (39) |
85 (29) |
72 (22) |
117 (47) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 58.7 (14.8) |
66.4 (19.1) |
76.0 (24.4) |
84.6 (29.2) |
92.5 (33.6) |
98.3 (36.8) |
103.5 (39.7) |
101.9 (38.8) |
97.7 (36.5) |
83.7 (28.7) |
67.5 (19.7) |
58.3 (14.6) |
104.7 (40.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 49.6 (9.8) |
54.9 (12.7) |
61.8 (16.6) |
68.3 (20.2) |
76.7 (24.8) |
83.1 (28.4) |
92.0 (33.3) |
91.0 (32.8) |
85.8 (29.9) |
70.9 (21.6) |
55.6 (13.1) |
47.9 (8.8) |
69.8 (21.0) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 43.4 (6.3) |
47.0 (8.3) |
51.4 (10.8) |
55.8 (13.2) |
62.3 (16.8) |
67.6 (19.8) |
74.4 (23.6) |
73.4 (23.0) |
68.7 (20.4) |
58.6 (14.8) |
48.8 (9.3) |
42.5 (5.8) |
57.8 (14.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 37.3 (2.9) |
39.1 (3.9) |
41.0 (5.0) |
43.3 (6.3) |
47.9 (8.8) |
52.1 (11.2) |
56.8 (13.8) |
55.7 (13.2) |
51.5 (10.8) |
46.4 (8.0) |
41.9 (5.5) |
37.1 (2.8) |
45.8 (7.7) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 27.4 (−2.6) |
29.9 (−1.2) |
32.6 (0.3) |
34.3 (1.3) |
39.6 (4.2) |
44.1 (6.7) |
48.9 (9.4) |
48.6 (9.2) |
44.0 (6.7) |
37.4 (3.0) |
31.5 (−0.3) |
28.3 (−2.1) |
24.2 (−4.3) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 9 (−13) |
16 (−9) |
22 (−6) |
25 (−4) |
20 (−7) |
33 (1) |
38 (3) |
39 (4) |
28 (−2) |
24 (−4) |
17 (−8) |
5 (−15) |
5 (−15) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 9.39 (239) |
6.93 (176) |
6.38 (162) |
3.97 (101) |
2.25 (57) |
0.89 (23) |
0.19 (4.8) |
0.15 (3.8) |
0.76 (19) |
3.52 (89) |
6.81 (173) |
10.49 (266) |
51.73 (1,313.6) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 0.1 (0.25) |
1.5 (3.8) |
0.2 (0.51) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
1.0 (2.5) |
2.8 (7.06) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 15.7 | 13.8 | 15.0 | 11.5 | 7.7 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 6.6 | 13.9 | 17.1 | 109.0 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| Source 1: NOAA | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service | |||||||||||||
