Editing Meiners Oaks, California (section)

==Geography==
Meiners Oaks is in the mid-northern section of the Ojai Valley, and is bordered by the community of [[Mira Monte]] to the south, and the City of Ojai to the east.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> Meiners Oaks is in the heart of the Ojai Valley, very close to the [[Ventura River]], where there are several hiking trails.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vcstar.com/news/ojai-land-conservancy-wins-843000-to-buy-meiners|title=Ojai land conservancy wins $843,000 to buy Meiners Oaks site|author=staff |work=[[Ventura County Star]]|date=June 9, 2014}}</ref>

The community is {{convert|70|mi |km}} north of [[Los Angeles]].<ref>Rist, Curtis. "[http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20141272,00.html Hitting Bottom]." ''[[People (magazine)|People]]''. May 13, 1996. Volume 45, No. 19. Retrieved on May 26, 2013.</ref> The census bureau definition of the area as a CDP may not precisely correspond to local understanding of the area with the same name.<ref>[http://www.maptechnica.com/us-city-boundary-map/city/Meiners%20Oaks/state/CA/cityid/0646702 "Boundary Map and Geodata for the CDP of Meiners Oaks in California, U.S.A."]. MapTechnica.com. Retrieved August 7, 2015</ref>

===Climate===
The climate of Meiners Oaks is [[mediterranean climate|Mediterranean]], characterized by hot, dry summers, at times exceeding {{convert|100|F|C|1|disp=or}}, and mild, rainy winters, with lows at night falling below freezing at times. During dry spells with continental air, morning temperatures, due to Ojai's valley location, can drop well below most of Southern California, with the record being {{convert|13|F|C|1}} on January 6 and 7 of 1913. On the other hand, Meiners Oaks is far enough from the sea to minimize marine cooling, and very hot days can occur during summer, with the record being {{convert|119|F|C|1}} on June 16, 1917 – when it fell as low as {{convert|65|F|C|1}} in the morning due to clear skies and dry air.

Typically for much of coastal southern California, most precipitation falls in the form of rain between the months of October and April, with intervening dry summers. As with all of Southern California, rain falls on few days, but when it does rain it is often extremely heavy: the record being {{convert|9.05|in|mm|1}} on February 24, 1913, followed by {{convert|8.15|in|mm|1}} on January 26, 1914. During the wettest month on record of January 1969, {{convert|25.76|in|mm|1|disp=or}} fell, with a whopping {{convert|23.46|in|mm|1}} in eight days from January 19 to January 26. In contrast, the median annual rainfall for all years in Meiners Oaks is only around {{convert|18.1|in|mm|0|disp=or}} and in the driest "rain year" from July 2006 to June 2007, just {{convert|6.87|in|mm|1|disp=or}} fell in twelve months. The wettest "rain year" was from July 1997 to June 1998 with {{convert|48.29|in|mm|1}}.

{{Weather box
|location = Meiners Oaks, California (normals, extremes since 1905)
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 91
|Feb record high F = 92
|Mar record high F = 98
|Apr record high F = 104
|May record high F = 105
|Jun record high F = 119
|Jul record high F = 117
|Aug record high F = 115
|Sep record high F = 114
|Oct record high F = 108
|Nov record high F = 100
|Dec record high F = 94
|Jan high F = 67.1
|Feb high F = 67.3
|Mar high F = 70.0
|Apr high F = 73.2
|May high F = 76.2
|Jun high F = 80.4
|Jul high F = 85.5
|Aug high F = 86.8
|Sep high F = 84.6
|Oct high F = 78.9
|Nov high F = 72.6
|Dec high F = 66.8
|year high F = 
| Jan mean F  = 53.6
| Feb mean F  = 54.2
| Mar mean F  = 56.6
| Apr mean F  = 59.3
| May mean F  = 62.9
| Jun mean F  = 66.9
| Jul mean F  = 71.3
| Aug mean F  = 71.5
| Sep mean F  = 69.6
| Oct mean F  = 64.3
| Nov mean F  = 58.0
| Dec mean F  = 53.1
| year mean F =
|Jan low F = 40.1
|Feb low F = 41.1
|Mar low F = 43.2
|Apr low F = 45.3
|May low F = 49.5
|Jun low F = 53.3
|Jul low F = 57.1
|Aug low F = 56.2
|Sep low F = 54.6
|Oct low F = 49.7
|Nov low F = 43.3
|Dec low F = 39.3
|year low F = 
|Jan record low F = 13
|Feb record low F = 22
|Mar record low F = 25
|Apr record low F = 27
|May record low F = 31
|Jun record low F = 34
|Jul record low F = 40
|Aug record low F = 39
|Sep record low F = 37
|Oct record low F = 27
|Nov record low F = 23
|Dec record low F = 16
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain inch = 4.81
|Feb rain inch = 5.68
|Mar rain inch = 4.36
|Apr rain inch = 1.04
|May rain inch = 0.48
|Jun rain inch = 0.08
|Jul rain inch = 0.03
|Aug rain inch = 0.08
|Sep rain inch = 0.41
|Oct rain inch = 0.57
|Nov rain inch = 1.46
|Dec rain inch = 2.79
|Jan rain days = 6.4
|Feb rain days = 6.2
|Mar rain days = 6.8
|Apr rain days = 2.9
|May rain days = 1.6
|Jun rain days = 0.6
|Jul rain days = 0.3
|Aug rain days = 0.3
|Sep rain days = 1.2
|Oct rain days = 2.0
|Nov rain days = 3.2
|Dec rain days = 4.3
|unit rain days = 0.01 inch
|source 1 = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/climatenormals/clim20/ca/046399.pdf|title=Climatography of the United States No. 20: 1971-2000|publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]}}</ref>
|date=July 2016
|source 2 = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bestplaces.net/climate/city/california/meiners_oaks |title=Climate Normals Meiners Oaks}}</ref>
}}