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Norden, California

Coordinates: 39°19′05″N 120°21′22″W / 39.31806°N 120.35611°W / 39.31806; -120.35611
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Norden
Unincorporated community
Norden is located in California
Norden
Norden
Location within the state of California
Coordinates: 39°19′05″N 120°21′22″W / 39.31806°N 120.35611°W / 39.31806; -120.35611
Country United States
State California
CountyNevada
Elevation
[2]
6,939 ft (2,115 m)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total27[1]
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID1659242

Norden is a small unincorporated community in Nevada County, California, United States, about 9 miles (14 km) west of Truckee. The community is located on a former portion of U.S. Route 40 near Interstate 80 and lies along the historical First Transcontinental Railroad, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Donner Pass.[3]

Near Norden is the Sugar Bowl Ski Resort and Donner Ski Ranch, located in nearby Placer County.

The Norden post office, named after the lake, opened in 1926, closed in 1943, and reopened in 1947, and is now closed.[3]

The place is named for Dr. Charles Van Norden, an official of the South Yuba Water Company.[3] The dam was built in 1900 and the resulting lake was named after Dr. Van Norden.[4]

The community has a population of 27 as of 2016.

Climate

Norden has a Köppen Climate Classification of Hot-summer Mediterranean climate abbreviated as Csb, which is a dry-summer subtropical climate often referred to as "Mediterranean".[5]

Climate data for Norden, California
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 36
(2) 		39
(4) 		41
(5) 		44
(7) 		55
(13) 		63
(17) 		74
(23) 		73
(23) 		67
(19) 		58
(14) 		43
(6) 		38
(3) 		53
(12)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 18
(−8) 		18
(−8) 		19
(−7) 		23
(−5) 		31
(−1) 		37
(3) 		43
(6) 		43
(6) 		39
(4) 		33
(1) 		25
(−4) 		19
(−7) 		29
(−2)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 13.41
(341) 		7.81
(198) 		7.83
(199) 		6.07
(154) 		2.17
(55) 		1.27
(32) 		0.23
(5.8) 		1.21
(31) 		0.57
(14) 		4.43
(113) 		8.88
(226) 		8.09
(205) 		61.98
(1,574)
Source: Weatherbase [6]

References

  1. ^ Donner Pass Historical Association
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Norden, California
  3. ^ 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. 530. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  4. ^ 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. 263. ISBN 0520213165.
  5. ^ Climate Summary for Norden, California
  6. ^ "Weatherbase.com". Weatherbase. 2013. Retrieved on August 22, 2013.
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