Editing Quincy, California (section)

==Geography and climate==
Quincy is located at {{coord|39|56|11|N|120|56|53|W|type:city}} (39.936279, −120.947921).<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>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|4.2|sqmi|km2}}, all of it is land.

Quincy is underlain by metasedimentary rock of the [[Shoo Fly Complex]].<ref>Saucedo, G.J., and Wagner, D.L., 1992, Geologic map of the Chico quadrangle: California Division of Mines and Geology, Regional Geologic Map 7A</ref> Its dominant silica-rich clastic material weathers to a stony coarse soil which includes the well or somewhat excessively drained alluvial fan material (mainly Forgay very gravelly sandy loam) on which most of Quincy's businesses and homes have been built. Cultivated land north of the residential area lies on poorly drained loam, silt loam or fine sandy loam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/gmap/|title=SoilWeb: An Online Soil Survey Browser - California Soil Resource Lab|website=casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu|access-date=3 June 2018}}</ref>

Quincy has a [[Mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Csb'') though its inland location and altitude makes it more continental and wetter than usual for this type, with very heavy snowfalls sometimes occurring in winter – the record being {{convert|133|in|cm|1}} in the very wet January 1916.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ca7195|title=QUINCY, CALIFORNIA - Climate Summary|website=www.wrcc.dri.edu|access-date=3 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/climatological-rankings/index.php?periods%5B%5D=1&parameter=pcp&state=4&div=2&year=1916&month=1#ranks-form|title=Climatological Rankings - Temperature, Precipitation, and Drought - National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)|last=Enloe|website=www.ncdc.noaa.gov|access-date=3 June 2018}}</ref> Although summer days are hot and only 1.4 days per winter fail to top {{convert|32|F|C}}, nights can be very cold and frosts occur on 179 days per year and have been recorded even in July.
{{Weather box
|width=auto
|location = Quincy, California, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1895–present
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 74
|Feb record high F = 80
|Mar record high F = 85
|Apr record high F = 89
|May record high F = 100
|Jun record high F = 105
|Jul record high F = 111
|Aug record high F = 111
|Sep record high F = 110
|Oct record high F = 98
|Nov record high F = 86
|Dec record high F = 76
|year record high F = 111
|Jan avg record high F = 57.6
|Feb avg record high F = 64.4
|Mar avg record high F = 73.4
|Apr avg record high F = 81.1
|May avg record high F = 89.2
|Jun avg record high F = 96.0
|Jul avg record high F = 100.7
|Aug avg record high F = 100.2
|Sep avg record high F = 95.3
|Oct avg record high F = 85.4
|Nov avg record high F = 68.3
|Dec avg record high F = 56.3
|year avg record high F = 102.6
|Jan high F = 43.9
|Feb high F = 49.9
|Mar high F = 56.3
|Apr high F = 62.3
|May high F = 70.7
|Jun high F = 80.2
|Jul high F = 89.0
|Aug high F = 88.1
|Sep high F = 82.4
|Oct high F = 69.1
|Nov high F = 52.3
|Dec high F = 43.0
|year high F = 65.6
|Jan mean F = 34.5
|Feb mean F = 38.0
|Mar mean F = 42.6
|Apr mean F = 47.1
|May mean F = 54.7
|Jun mean F = 61.8
|Jul mean F = 68.3
|Aug mean F = 66.6
|Sep mean F = 61.1
|Oct mean F = 50.9
|Nov mean F = 40.3
|Dec mean F = 34.2
|year mean F = 50.0
|Jan low F = 25.2
|Feb low F = 26.1	
|Mar low F = 28.9
|Apr low F = 32.0
|May low F = 38.6
|Jun low F = 43.3
|Jul low F = 47.7
|Aug low F = 45.1
|Sep low F = 39.8
|Oct low F = 32.6
|Nov low F = 28.4
|Dec low F = 25.4
|year low F = 34.4
|Jan avg record low F = 14.7
|Feb avg record low F = 17.0
|Mar avg record low F = 20.7
|Apr avg record low F = 24.1
|May avg record low F = 29.7
|Jun avg record low F = 34.7
|Jul avg record low F = 40.4
|Aug avg record low F = 37.9
|Sep avg record low F = 32.0
|Oct avg record low F = 24.0
|Nov avg record low F = 17.7
|Dec avg record low F = 13.7
|year avg record low F = 9.8
|Jan record low F = -24
|Feb record low F = -16
|Mar record low F = 0
|Apr record low F = 12
|May record low F = 20
|Jun record low F = 25
|Jul record low F = 23
|Aug record low F = 20
|Sep record low F = 15
|Oct record low F = 10
|Nov record low F = -3
|Dec record low F = -24
|year record low F = -24
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 7.65
|Feb precipitation inch = 7.59
|Mar precipitation inch = 6.66
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.14
|May precipitation inch = 1.94
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.71
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.10
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.14
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.42
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.94
|Nov precipitation inch = 4.06
|Dec precipitation inch = 7.32
|Jan precipitation days = 12.0
|Feb precipitation days = 11.1
|Mar precipitation days = 12.0
|Apr precipitation days = 9.1
|May precipitation days = 6.7
|Jun precipitation days = 3.1
|Jul precipitation days = 0.6
|Aug precipitation days = 0.9
|Sep precipitation days = 1.6
|Oct precipitation days = 5.1
|Nov precipitation days = 8.3
|Dec precipitation days = 12.2
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 inch
|Jan snow inch = 5.8
|Feb snow inch = 7.6
|Mar snow inch = 5.4
|Apr snow inch = 1.6
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.1
|Nov snow inch = 1.7
|Dec snow inch = 6.2

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 2.6
|Feb snow days = 2.4
|Mar snow days = 1.9
|Apr snow days = 0.8
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.1
|Nov snow days = 0.7
|Dec snow days = 2.4

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00047195&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: Quincy, CA
|access-date = May 23, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=sto
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Sacramento
|access-date = May 23, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}