Orleans, California
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| Orleans Panamnik |
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| Unincorporated community | |
 Orleans
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| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Humboldt County |
| Elevation[1] | 404 ft (123 m) |
| ZIP code | 95556 |
| Area code | 530 |
| FIPS code | 06-54288 |
| GNIS feature ID | 264396 |
Orleans (formerly New Orleans Bar and Orleans Bar) (Karuk: Panamnik),[2] is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California.[1] It is located 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Weitchpec[3] along via State Route 96 (the "Bigfoot Scenic Byway"), at an elevation of 404 feet (123 m).[1] The ZIP Code is 95556.[4] It is within the area code 530. It is within the aboriginal territory of the Karuk Tribe of California.
Originally named Panamnik, renamed by miners and settlers New Orleans Bar, it was renamed Orleans Bar in 1855, when it became the county seat of the now-defunct Klamath County, California.[3] The Orleans post office was established on December 2, 1857.[3]
Orleans is about 20 miles southeast of the site of the famous Patterson–Gimlin film of a purported Bigfoot.
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Government
In the California State Legislature, Orleans is in the 2nd Senate District, represented by Democrat Mike McGuire,[5] and the 2nd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Jim Wood.[6]
In the United States House of Representatives, Orleans is in California's 2nd congressional district, represented by Democrat Jared Huffman.[7]
See also
Climate
Orleans has a Hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) according to the Köppen climate classification system.
| Climate data for Orleans | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 71 (22) |
83 (28) |
96 (36) |
101 (38) |
109 (43) |
111 (44) |
117 (47) |
116 (47) |
113 (45) |
102 (39) |
85 (29) |
72 (22) |
117 (47) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 50.9 (10.5) |
56.7 (13.7) |
63.4 (17.4) |
70.5 (21.4) |
77.3 (25.2) |
84.5 (29.2) |
93.1 (33.9) |
92.7 (33.7) |
86.5 (30.3) |
72.7 (22.6) |
58 (14) |
50.7 (10.4) |
71.4 (21.9) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 35.2 (1.8) |
37.3 (2.9) |
39.1 (3.9) |
41.6 (5.3) |
45.7 (7.6) |
50.2 (10.1) |
54.3 (12.4) |
53.3 (11.8) |
49.3 (9.6) |
44.6 (7) |
40.4 (4.7) |
36.1 (2.3) |
43.9 (6.6) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 9 (−13) |
16 (−9) |
22 (−6) |
25 (−4) |
20 (−7) |
33 (1) |
40 (4) |
39 (4) |
28 (−2) |
24 (−4) |
17 (−8) |
5 (−15) |
5 (−15) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 9.16 (232.7) |
7.31 (185.7) |
6.18 (157) |
3.34 (84.8) |
2.02 (51.3) |
0.88 (22.4) |
0.21 (5.3) |
0.3 (8) |
0.99 (25.1) |
3.51 (89.2) |
7.5 (191) |
9.63 (244.6) |
51.03 (1,296.2) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 2.6 (6.6) |
1.1 (2.8) |
0.4 (1) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.4 (1) |
1.5 (3.8) |
6 (15) |
| Average precipitation days | 15 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 103 |
| Source: WRCC[8] | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Orleans, California
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