Challenge (formerly Challenge Mills)[3] is an unincorporated community in Yuba County, California. It is located on Dry Creek 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Marysville.[3]
Challenge | |
|---|---|
  Challenge Location in California  Challenge Challenge (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 39°29′15″N 121°13′25″W / 39.48750°N 121.22361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Yuba County |
| Elevation | 2,595 ft (791 m) |
| ZIP code | 95925[2] |
| Area code | 530 |
Challenge was once the terminus of a narrow-gauge logging railroad that hauled timber to the Beanville mill.[4]
A post office opened at Challenge in 1895.[3]
Climate
editAccording to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Challenge has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.[5]
| Climate data for Challenge, California (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 52 (11) |
54 (12) |
58 (14) |
63 (17) |
71 (22) |
81 (27) |
90 (32) |
89 (32) |
84 (29) |
73 (23) |
59 (15) |
51 (11) |
69 (20) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 35 (2) |
35 (2) |
37 (3) |
40 (4) |
47 (8) |
54 (12) |
61 (16) |
60 (16) |
55 (13) |
47 (8) |
39 (4) |
34 (1) |
45 (7) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 12.36 (314) |
10.95 (278) |
9.91 (252) |
4.70 (119) |
2.12 (54) |
0.71 (18) |
0.06 (1.5) |
0.11 (2.8) |
0.81 (21) |
3.86 (98) |
8.18 (208) |
11.40 (290) |
65.17 (1,656.3) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 4.1 (10) |
3.9 (9.9) |
3.0 (7.6) |
0.4 (1.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.4 (1.0) |
1.6 (4.1) |
13.4 (33.6) |
| Source: U.S.ClimateData[6] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Challenge, California
- ^ "Challenge ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ a b c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 464. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ "Greenville, lively gold, lumber camp in Yuba hills, lives only in memory". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, CA. October 28, 1957. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ Climate Summary for Challenge, California
- ^ [1] U.S. Climate Data. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
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