Editing Mecca, California (section)

==Geography and climate==
[[File:Mecca, California (IA meccacalifornia00mecc).pdf|thumb|left|1904 Drawing of Mecca, CA]]
Situated in the [[Colorado Desert]], Mecca has a [[hot arid climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''BWh''), experiencing an annual average maximum temperature of {{convert|88.5|°F|°C|1|disp=or}}. Low temperatures can reach below {{convert|30|°F|1|disp=or}}. The community sits under {{convert|150|feet|m|0|disp=or}} below sea level on the edge of the Salton Sea.

Land developers intending to irrigate the desert with water from the [[Colorado River]] did not foresee excess snow melt, and for two years from 1905 to 1906 accidentally re-routed the entirety of the river to the Salton Sink, flooding the salt mines that had been a source of salt for perhaps centuries and giving rise to the Salton Sea. Groundwater and water transported via the [[Coachella Canal]] have transformed the desert environment into large swaths of agricultural land.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

The highest temperature recorded in Mecca was {{convert|126|°F|°C|1|disp=or}} on September 2, 1950 and June 26, 1990, holding the record for the highest temperature recorded on Earth in September until it reached {{convert|127|°F|°C|1|disp=or}} in Death Valley in 2022. Annual rainfall averages {{convert|3.05|in|mm|1|disp=or}}, with the wettest "rain year" being from July 1991 to June 1992 when {{convert|8.85|in|mm|1|disp=or}} fell, and the driest from July 1995 to June 1996 with only {{convert|0.19|in|mm|1|disp=or}}.<ref name="NWS">{{cite web|url=https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=sgx | title=Mecca Fire Station – NWS San Diego NOAA Online Weather Data| publisher=NOAA|access-date=February 8, 2021}}</ref> The wettest month has been September 1976 with {{convert|5.67|in|mm|1|disp=or}}, and the wettest day September 11, 1976 with {{convert|4.00|in|mm|1|disp=or}} – one-third more than the average annual rainfall.

{{Weather box|location = Mecca, California (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1905–2019)
|single line = yes
|Jan record high F = 93
|Feb record high F = 100
|Mar record high F = 107
|Apr record high F = 110
|May record high F = 119
|Jun record high F = 126
|Jul record high F = 125
|Aug record high F = 123
|Sep record high F = 126
|Oct record high F = 117
|Nov record high F = 100
|Dec record high F = 91
|year record high F = 126
|Jan avg record high F = 82.5
|Feb avg record high F = 87.2
|Mar avg record high F = 93.8
|Apr avg record high F = 100.9
|May avg record high F = 107.5
|Jun avg record high F = 113.3
|Jul avg record high F = 116.5
|Aug avg record high F = 116.8
|Sep avg record high F = 113.5
|Oct avg record high F = 103.9
|Nov avg record high F = 92.0
|Dec avg record high F = 81.8
|year avg record high F = 119.1

|Jan high F = 70.4
|Feb high F = 73.9
|Mar high F = 80.8
|Apr high F = 86.9
|May high F = 94.6
|Jun high F = 102.5
|Jul high F = 106.6
|Aug high F = 106.2
|Sep high F = 101.5
|Oct high F = 91.2
|Nov high F = 78.0
|Dec high F = 68.9
|year high F = 88.5
|Jan mean F = 57.2
|Feb mean F = 60.6
|Mar mean F = 67.3
|Apr mean F = 73.0
|May mean F = 80.4
|Jun mean F = 87.4
|Jul mean F = 93.3
|Aug mean F = 93.2
|Sep mean F = 87.6
|Oct mean F = 76.6
|Nov mean F = 64.2
|Dec mean F = 55.5
|year mean F =
|Jan low F = 43.9
|Feb low F = 47.2
|Mar low F = 53.8
|Apr low F = 59.2
|May low F = 66.3
|Jun low F = 72.3
|Jul low F = 80.0
|Aug low F = 80.2
|Sep low F = 73.7
|Oct low F = 62.1
|Nov low F = 50.4
|Dec low F = 42.1
|year low F = 60.9

|Jan avg record low F = 29.4
|Feb avg record low F = 33.5
|Mar avg record low F = 38.6
|Apr avg record low F = 44.3
|May avg record low F = 51.8
|Jun avg record low F = 59.7
|Jul avg record low F = 65.2
|Aug avg record low F = 65.0
|Sep avg record low F = 58.1
|Oct avg record low F = 46.7
|Nov avg record low F = 35.6
|Dec avg record low F = 28.0
|year avg record low F = 26.5

|Jan record low F = 13
|Feb record low F = 19
|Mar record low F = 23
|Apr record low F = 34
|May record low F = 38
|Jun record low F = 48
|Jul record low F = 53
|Aug record low F = 51
|Sep record low F = 45
|Oct record low F = 28
|Nov record low F = 24
|Dec record low F = 18
|year record low F = 13
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain inch = 0.60
|Feb rain inch = 0.56
|Mar rain inch = 0.32
|Apr rain inch = 0.17
|May rain inch = 0.01
|Jun rain inch = 0.00
|Jul rain inch = 0.21
|Aug rain inch = 0.08
|Sep rain inch = 0.30
|Oct rain inch = 0.23
|Nov rain inch = 0.20
|Dec rain inch = 0.37
|year rain inch = 3.05
|unit rain days = 0.01 in
|Jan rain days = 2.8
|Feb rain days = 1.6
|Mar rain days = 1.1
|Apr rain days = 0.5
|May rain days = 0.2
|Jun rain days = 0.0
|Jul rain days = 0.5 
|Aug rain days = 0.6
|Sep rain days = 0.7
|Oct rain days = 0.7
|Nov rain days = 0.7
|Dec rain days = 1.4
|year rain days=
|source 1 = [[NOAA]] (mean maxima/minima 1981&ndash;2010)<ref name="NWS"/><ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00045502&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Mecca Fire STN, CA
|access-date = May 25, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}