Santiam Junction, Oregon facts for kids
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Santiam Junction
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 Santiam Junction
Location in Oregon
Santiam Junction
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Linn |
| Elevation | 3,750 ft (1,140 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
Santiam Junction is a highway junction and unincorporated community in Linn County, Oregon, United States, at the intersection of U.S. Route 20/Oregon Route 126 and Oregon Route 22.
According to the Oregon Department of Transportation, the elevation is 3,750 feet (1,143 m).
An automated weather station is located here, as well as highway maintenance facilities. The Santiam Junction State Airport is an emergency/recreational landing strip that is closed from the first snowfall until spring. The airport grounds permit fly-in camping.
The Santiam Junction vicinity is listed by the National Register of Historic Places as the site of the Oregon Pacific Railroad Linear Historic District, which consists of roughly 20 miles (32 km) of the old railroad grade between Idanha and the line's Cascade Range summit.
Geologically, much of the area is a lava bed created during a period of volcanic activity around 1000 B.C.
Climate
Santiam Junction experiences a dry-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dsb/Csb) with warm, dry summers and cold, wet winters with heavy snow and rain.
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 61 (16) |
67 (19) |
71 (22) |
88 (31) |
96 (36) |
95 (35) |
99 (37) |
99 (37) |
96 (36) |
86 (30) |
76 (24) |
60 (16) |
99 (37) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 37.8 (3.2) |
40.7 (4.8) |
44.3 (6.8) |
49.6 (9.8) |
59.2 (15.1) |
65.2 (18.4) |
76.4 (24.7) |
77.2 (25.1) |
71.4 (21.9) |
58.8 (14.9) |
44.4 (6.9) |
37.4 (3.0) |
55.2 (12.9) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 22.5 (−5.3) |
23.1 (−4.9) |
25.4 (−3.7) |
29.2 (−1.6) |
33.9 (1.1) |
38.2 (3.4) |
42.7 (5.9) |
41.3 (5.2) |
37.7 (3.2) |
32.4 (0.2) |
27.8 (−2.3) |
22.1 (−5.5) |
31.4 (−0.3) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −7 (−22) |
−18 (−28) |
0 (−18) |
4 (−16) |
18 (−8) |
22 (−6) |
28 (−2) |
28 (−2) |
21 (−6) |
14 (−10) |
2 (−17) |
−19 (−28) |
−19 (−28) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 9.28 (236) |
6.66 (169) |
7.72 (196) |
5.74 (146) |
3.74 (95) |
2.37 (60) |
0.75 (19) |
0.73 (19) |
1.35 (34) |
4.1 (100) |
10.63 (270) |
9.06 (230) |
62.14 (1,578) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 47.5 (121) |
39.5 (100) |
39.4 (100) |
15 (38) |
2.8 (7.1) |
0.3 (0.76) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.1 (0.25) |
4.8 (12) |
33.8 (86) |
57.6 (146) |
240.8 (612) |
| Average precipitation days | 17 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 16 | 143 |
