Editing Occidental, California (section)

==Climate==
The cooperative [[National Weather Service]] station reports that Occidental has cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers.

Average January temperatures range from {{convert|41.8|to|54.5|F|C}} and average July temperatures range from {{convert|51.4|to|77.9|F|C}}. The record highest temperature was {{convert|103|°F|°C|1}} on July 22, 2006, and the record lowest temperature was {{convert|28|°F|°C|1}} on March 11, 2006. There are an average of 12.8 afternoons with highs of {{convert|90|°F|°C|1}} or higher and an average of 2.1 mornings with lows of {{convert|32|°F|°C}} or lower.

Average annual rainfall is {{convert|55.19|in|mm|1}}. The wettest "rain year" was from July 1997 to June 1998 with {{convert|102.89|in|mm|1}} and the driest was from July 2000 to June 2001 with {{convert|29.84|in|mm|1}}.<ref>[[National Weather Service]] San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey; [http://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=mtr NOW Data – NOAA Online Weather Data]</ref> The most rainfall in one month was {{convert|36.62|in|mm|1}} in January 1995. The most rainfall in 24 hours was {{convert|8.51|in|mm|1}} on January 5, 1966. Average annual snowfall is only {{convert|0.2|in|cm|sp=us}}. The most snowfall was {{convert|11.0|in|cm}} in January 1974.<ref name="WRCC">[[Western Regional Climatic Center]]; [https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ca6370 OCCIDENTAL, CA]</ref>
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{{Weather box
|location = Occidental, California
|single line = Yes
|Jan high F = 54.7
|Feb high F = 56.8
|Mar high F = 60.9
|Apr high F = 63.6
|May high F = 70.1
|Jun high F = 75.9
|Jul high F = 77.8
|Aug high F = 77.7
|Sep high F = 76.4
|Oct high F = 71.4
|Nov high F = 60.8
|Dec high F = 54.7
|year high F = 66.7
|Jan low F = 42.1
|Feb low F = 42.5
|Mar low F = 43.8
|Apr low F = 43.8
|May low F = 47.4
|Jun low F = 50.6
|Jul low F = 51.0
|Aug low F = 52.1
|Sep low F = 52.8
|Oct low F = 50.8
|Nov low F = 45.4
|Dec low F = 42.7
|year low F = 47.1
|Jan precipitation inch = 11.16
|Feb precipitation inch = 9.18
|Mar precipitation inch = 7.16
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.38
|May precipitation inch = 1.56
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.47
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.07
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.24
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.54
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.26
|Nov precipitation inch = 7.08
|Dec precipitation inch = 10.19
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation days = 11
|Feb precipitation days = 10
|Mar precipitation days = 11
|Apr precipitation days = 6
|May precipitation days = 4
|Jun precipitation days = 1
|Jul precipitation days= 0
|Aug precipitation days = 1
|Sep precipitation days = 2
|Oct precipitation days = 5
|Nov precipitation days = 9
|Dec precipitation days = 11
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 inch
|source 1 = Western Regional Climate Center<ref name="WRCC"/>
|date=June 2013
}}
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