Editing Inverness, California (section)

== Geography ==
[[File:WestMarinTowns.png|left|Towns of West Marin County, California]]

Inverness is located at {{Coord|38|06|04|N|122|51|25|W|type:city}}.<ref name=gnis /> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|6.8|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|6.4|sqmi}} are land and {{convert|0.4|sqmi|1}}, or 6.38%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> The CDP includes the secondary community of [[Inverness Park, California|Inverness Park]], southeast of Inverness proper. It is bordered to the east by [[Point Reyes Station, California|Point Reyes Station]].

The town is adjacent to the [[San Andreas Fault]] and is spread out along approximately {{convert|2|mi|km|0}} of the western shore and valleys of [[Tomales Bay]] on the [[Point Reyes Peninsula]]. It provides services to visitors to the Point Reyes National Seashore and [[Tomales Bay State Park]].
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===Climate===
Inverness has a [[Mediterranean climate]] heavily influenced by the nearby [[Pacific Ocean]], with cool, rainy winters and mild, dry summers.<ref name="PRISM" /> The community experiences a fairly narrow range of temperatures, due to its position only a few miles inland. The warmest month is actually September, a common pattern in the Bay Area due to the annual rollover in ocean currents.

{{Weather box|width=60%
|location = Inverness (1981-2010 normals)
|single line = Y
|Jan high F = 	55.2	|Jan mean F = 	48.1	|Jan low F = 	41.1	|Jan precipitation inch = 		6.62
|Feb high F = 	58.4	|Feb mean F = 	50.5	|Feb low F = 	42.7	|Feb precipitation inch = 		6.54
|Mar high F = 	60.1	|Mar mean F = 	52.0	|Mar low F = 	43.8	|Mar precipitation inch = 		4.67
|Apr high F = 	61.8	|Apr mean F = 	53.4	|Apr low F = 	45.0	|Apr precipitation inch = 		2.17
|May high F = 	63.6	|May mean F = 	55.9	|May low F = 	48.2	|May precipitation inch = 		1.35
|Jun high F = 	65.4	|Jun mean F = 	58.2	|Jun low F = 	50.9	|Jun precipitation inch = 		0.24
|Jul high F = 	67.6	|Jul mean F = 	60.0	|Jul low F = 	52.3	|Jul precipitation inch = 		0.02
|Aug high F = 	67.9	|Aug mean F = 	60.3	|Aug low F = 	52.8	|Aug precipitation inch = 		0.10
|Sep high F = 	69.1	|Sep mean F = 	60.5	|Sep low F = 	51.8	|Sep precipitation inch = 		0.31
|Oct high F = 	67.2	|Oct mean F = 	57.8	|Oct low F = 	48.5	|Oct precipitation inch = 		1.72
|Nov high F = 	62.1	|Nov mean F = 	53.4	|Nov low F = 	44.6	|Nov precipitation inch = 		4.09
|Dec high F = 	55.7	|Dec mean F = 	48.1	|Dec low F = 	40.5	|Dec precipitation inch = 		6.44
|year high F = 	62.8	|year mean F = 	54.8	|year low F = 	46.9	|year precipitation inch = 		34.27
|source=PRISM Climate Group<ref name="PRISM">{{Cite web
|url=http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/
|publisher=Oregon State University
|title=PRISM Climate Group
|access-date=April 23, 2020
}} Input coordinates: 38.0985 N, 122.8573 W.</ref>
|date=April 2020
}}