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Dinkey Creek, California
37°05′10″N 119°09′27″W / 37.08611°N 119.15750°W
Dinkey Creek | |
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Dinkey Creek Location in California Dinkey Creek Dinkey Creek (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 37°05′10″N 119°09′27″W / 37.08611°N 119.15750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Fresno County |
| Elevation | 5,987 ft (1,825 m) |
Dinkey Creek is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California.[1] It is located on Dinkey Creek,[2] at an elevation of 5987 feet (1825 m).[1]
A post office operated at Dinkey Creek from 1925 to 1972.[2] Dinkey was the name of a dog who lost a fight with a grizzly bear.[3]
The community was home to Camp Mar-Y-Mac, which operated from 1951 to 1981.
Climate edit
| Climate data for Dinkey Creek, California (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1901–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 72 (22) | 76 (24) | 75 (24) | 83 (28) | 93 (34) | 96 (36) | 100 (38) | 99 (37) | 101 (38) | 89 (32) | 86 (30) | 74 (23) | 116 (47) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 67 (19) | 65 (18) | 67 (19) | 72 (22) | 78 (26) | 86 (30) | 90 (32) | 89 (32) | 86 (30) | 78 (26) | 71 (22) | 64 (18) | 91 (33) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 50.9 (10.5) | 49.8 (9.9) | 52.6 (11.4) | 54.9 (12.7) | 63.5 (17.5) | 74.1 (23.4) | 81.3 (27.4) | 80.8 (27.1) | 75.4 (24.1) | 65.4 (18.6) | 55.8 (13.2) | 48.9 (9.4) | 62.8 (17.1) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 36.0 (2.2) | 35.6 (2.0) | 38.5 (3.6) | 41.5 (5.3) | 48.7 (9.3) | 57.1 (13.9) | 63.7 (17.6) | 62.5 (16.9) | 57.4 (14.1) | 48.7 (9.3) | 40.6 (4.8) | 35.2 (1.8) | 47.1 (8.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 21.2 (−6.0) | 23.7 (−4.6) | 24.5 (−4.2) | 28.0 (−2.2) | 34.0 (1.1) | 40.1 (4.5) | 46.0 (7.8) | 44.2 (6.8) | 39.3 (4.1) | 32.0 (0.0) | 25.6 (−3.6) | 21.4 (−5.9) | 31.7 (−0.2) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 5 (−15) | 7 (−14) | 10 (−12) | 15 (−9) | 24 (−4) | 30 (−1) | 37 (3) | 36 (2) | 29 (−2) | 22 (−6) | 12 (−11) | 6 (−14) | 1 (−17) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −5 (−21) | −3 (−19) | 2 (−17) | −1 (−18) | 14 (−10) | 23 (−5) | 30 (−1) | 29 (−2) | 21 (−6) | 14 (−10) | −1 (−18) | −4 (−20) | −5 (−21) |
| Average precipitation inches (cm) | 8 (20) | 8.1 (21) | 6.8 (17) | 3.8 (9.7) | 2.1 (5.3) | 0.6 (1.5) | 0.4 (1.0) | 0.2 (0.51) | 1.1 (2.8) | 2.5 (6.4) | 4.8 (12) | 6.4 (16) | 44.8 (113.21) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 37.1 (94) | 40.5 (103) | 34.1 (87) | 12.2 (31) | 1.6 (4.1) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.4 (1.0) | 6.8 (17) | 29.7 (75) | 162.4 (412.1) |
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References edit
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dinkey Creek, California
- ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1027. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ Hook, J. N. (June 10, 2014). All Those Wonderful Names. Open Road Media. p. 282. ISBN 978-1-4976-1186-3.