Editing Twain Harte, California (section)

==Geography==
Twain Harte is located at {{coord|38|2|25|N|120|14|1|W|type:city}} (38.040390, -120.233671).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

Twain Harte is situated in Tuolumne County along [[California State Route 108|Highway 108]] at an elevation of {{convert|3640|ft}}.

The USPS zip code for Twain Harte is 95383.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|3.7|sqmi|km2}}, of which, 99.49% is land and 0.51% is water. Its municipal water supply comes from the nearby [[Lyons Reservoir]] in the [[Stanislaus National Forest]].

Twain Harte is both a summer and winter [[Tourism|vacation]] [[community]] situated at the transition zone between the [[oak]] [[forest]] of the California [[foothills]] and the mixed [[pine]] and [[fir]] [[forest]] of the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]]. Summers are warm during the day and the nights are generally mild, making Twain Harte a pleasant escape from the long, hot summers of the [[California Central Valley]]. Winters can be very cool with [[snow]] occurring several times during the season. [[Winter sports]] venues are located nearby at Leland High Sierra Snowplay near Strawberry (snow tubing), Long Barn Lodge & Ice Skating Rink, and [[Dodge Ridge Ski Area]] near Pinecrest are all along [[California State Route 108|Highway 108]], plus the Badger Pass Ski Area in nearby Yosemite Park.

===Climate===

{{Weather box
| location    = Twain Harte, California
| single line = Y
| Jan record high F = 72
| Feb record high F = 78
| Mar record high F = 83
| Apr record high F = 88
| May record high F = 95
| Jun record high F = 99
| Jul record high F = 103
| Aug record high F = 104
| Sep record high F = 100
| Oct record high F = 93
| Nov record high F = 83
| Dec record high F = 69
| year record high F = 104
| Jan high F = 47
| Feb high F = 51
| Mar high F = 56
| Apr high F = 61
| May high F = 69
| Jun high F = 77
| Jul high F = 85
| Aug high F = 84
| Sep high F = 79
| Oct high F = 69
| Nov high F = 55
| Dec high F = 46
| Jan low F = 31
| Feb low F = 31
| Mar low F = 34
| Apr low F = 38
| May low F = 45
| Jun low F = 51
| Jul low F = 57
| Aug low F = 56
| Sep low F = 52
| Oct low F = 43
| Nov low F = 35
| Dec low F = 30
| Jan record low F = -1
| Feb record low F = 1
| Mar record low F = 11
| Apr record low F = 16
| May record low F = 25
| Jun record low F = 31
| Jul record low F = 41
| Aug record low F = 31
| Sep record low F = 32
| Oct record low F = 23
| Nov record low F = 10
| Dec record low F = 2
| year record low F = -1
| Jan precipitation inch = 6.30
| Feb precipitation inch = 6.09
| Mar precipitation inch = 5.56
| Apr precipitation inch = 3.32
| May precipitation inch = 2.14
| Jun precipitation inch = .70
| Jul precipitation inch = .28
| Aug precipitation inch = .14
| Sep precipitation inch = .80
| Oct precipitation inch = 2.41
| Nov precipitation inch = 4.39
| Dec precipitation inch = 5.79
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan snow inch = 17
| Feb snow inch = 12.6
| Mar snow inch = 19.6
| Apr snow inch = 12
| May snow inch = 1
| Jun snow inch = 0
| Jul snow inch = 0
| Aug snow inch = 0
| Sep snow inch = 0
| Oct snow inch = 0.4
| Nov snow inch = 3.2
| Dec snow inch = 13.5

| source 1             = The Weather Channel<ref name=weather>{{cite web | title = Monthly Averages for Twain Harte, CA  | publisher = The Weather Channel, LLC | format = Table | url = http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/USCA1172 | accessdate = 2013-10-08}}</ref>
| date                 = October 2013
|source 2              = Intellicast<ref>Intellicast - Twain Harte Historic Weather Averages in California (95383) http://www.intellicast.com/local/history.aspx?location=USCA1172</ref>
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