Editing Guerneville, California (section)

==Geography==
Guerneville is located in western Sonoma County, along the [[Russian River (California)|Russian River]] on [[California State Highway 116|State Route 116]], between [[Monte Rio, California|Monte Rio]] to the west and [[Forestville, California|Forestville]] to the east.

The CDP has a total area of {{convert|9.88|sqmi|km2|1|abbr=on}}.  Of that, {{convert|9.71|sqmi|km2|1|abbr=on}} is land and {{convert|0.17|sqmi|km2|1|abbr=on}} (1.72%) is water.<ref name="U.S. Census"/>

===Climate===
[[Image:Guerneville California flooding.jpg|thumb|right|Aerial view of Guerneville during flooding on the Russian River]]

Guerneville has cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers, a climate typical of northern coastal California. Although rainfall is rare during the summer months, fog often comes up the river from the Pacific Ocean. The associated condensation creates "[[fog drip]]," which sustains the numerous redwood trees, ferns, and other vegetation.

The [[National Weather Service]] reports that Guerneville has an average annual rainfall of {{convert|49.15|in|mm}}. Measurable precipitation occurs on an average of 73 days each year. The wettest year was 1970 with {{convert|70.2|in|mm}} and the driest year was 1949 with {{convert|31.34|in|mm}}.  The most rainfall in one month was {{Convert|29.08|in|mm}} in January 1970.  The most rainfall in 24 hours was {{convert|8.4|in|mm}} on February 8, 1960.

Although no official temperature records exist for Guerneville, the nearby town of [[Graton, California|Graton]] has average January temperatures ranging from {{convert|35.7|to|56.1|F|C}}, and July temperatures from {{convert|48.4|to|83.5|F|C}}.  There are an average of 28.7 days annually with highs of {{Convert|90|F|C}} or higher and 44.7 days annually with lows of {{Convert|32|F|C}} or lower.  The record high temperature was {{convert|113|°F|°C|abbr=on}} on July 14, 1972, and the record low temperature was {{convert|14|°F|°C|abbr=on}} on December 22, 1990.  Other nearby cooperative National Weather Service stations are in [[Occidental, California|Occidental]], [[Cazadero, California|Cazadero]], and [[Fort Ross, California|Fort Ross]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/summary/Climsmcca.html|title=Central California|website=www.wrcc.dri.edu}}</ref>