Wilseyville, California
Unincorporated community in California, United States
38°22′45″N 120°30′53″W / 38.37917°N 120.51472°W / 38.37917; -120.51472
Unincorporated community in California, United States
Wilseyville
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Wilseyville (the United States)
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Wilseyville is an unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California. It lies at an elevation of 2769 feet (844 m). Wilseyville's post office was established in 1947;[2] it has the zip code 95257. Wilseyville was named after Lawrence A. Wilsey, an executive at the American Forest Products Company.[2]
Wilseyville is notorious for being the location of the cabin where serial killers Leonard Lake and Charles Ng killed and disposed of some of their victims. Their spree ended in June 1985.
Climate
Area has a Köppen Climate Classification of Csb, which is a dry-summer subtropical climate often referred to as "Mediterranean".[3]
Climate data for Wilseyville, California | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 51 (11) | 58 (14) | 60 (16) | 67 (19) | 75 (24) | 84 (29) | 91 (33) | 91 (33) | 86 (30) | 76 (24) | 61 (16) | 50 (10) | 71 (22) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 33 (1) | 34 (1) | 36 (2) | 39 (4) | 45 (7) | 50 (10) | 56 (13) | 55 (13) | 52 (11) | 45 (7) | 37 (3) | 33 (1) | 43 (6) |
Average precipitation inches (cm) | 9 (23) | 7 (18) | 7.2 (18) | 4 (10) | 1.8 (4.6) | 0.6 (1.5) | 0.2 (0.51) | 0.2 (0.51) | 0.7 (1.8) | 2.4 (6.1) | 6 (15) | 7.7 (20) | 46.7 (119) |
Source: Weatherbase [4] |
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wilseyville, 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. 847. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ Climate Summary for Wilseyville, CA
- ^ "Weatherbase.com". Weatherbase. 2013. Retrieved on August 11, 2018.
External links
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wilseyville, California
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