Editing Ferndale, California (section)

==Climate==
Ferndale's climate is moderated by its proximity to the Pacific Ocean and in the lee of the Wildcat Hills. Winter temperatures rarely go below freezing and summer days are rarely over {{convert|80|°F}}. Ferndale has a [[Mediterranean climate#Warm-summer Mediterranean climate|warm summer Mediterranean climate]] indicated by the code "Csb" on some weather maps.<ref name="WB-CS">{{cite web  | title = Ferndale, California  |  work =Climate Summary  | publisher =Weather Base  | year =2013  | url = http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=30341&cityname=Ferndale%2C+California%2C+United+States+of+America&units=us  | access-date =  August 22, 2013 }}</ref> Ferndale receives most of its roughly {{convert|40|in|mm}} of rain from November to May, with lesser amounts in the summer months.<ref name="wrcc.dri.edu">{{Cite web|url=https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ca3030|title = FERNDALE 2 NW, CALIFORNIA – Climate Summary}}</ref> Local microclimates are varied and support tropical [[palm trees]]<ref name="NatGeo">{{cite web  | last = Corwin  | first =Diane   | title =Palm Tree Toupee  | work =Sense of Place  | publisher =National Geographic  | year =2011  | url =http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/traveler-magazine/photo-contest/entries/65633/view/   | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120406094712/http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/traveler-magazine/photo-contest/entries/65633/view/   | url-status =dead   | archive-date =April 6, 2012 | access-date =  October 1, 2011}}</ref> and [[Picea sitchensis|Sitka spruce]],<ref name="USDA">{{cite web  | last = National Cooperative Soil Survey| title =Ferndale Series  | work =Soil Series of California  | publisher =United States Department of Agriculture  | year = 2013  | url =https://soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/F/FERNDALE.html   | access-date =  January 5, 2014}}</ref> including a mature Sitka forest in Russ Park,<ref name="S&K">{{cite book |last1=Sawyer |first1=J.O. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y40lAQAAMAAJ |title=A Manual of California Vegetation |last2=Keeler-Wolf |first2=T. |date=June 30, 2009 |publisher=California Native Plant Society |isbn=978-0-943460-49-9 |location=Sacramento, California |pages=471}}</ref><ref name="Redwoods">{{cite web  | title =Russ Park  | work =California's Redwood Coast  | publisher =Humboldt County Convention & Visitors Bureau  | url =http://redwoods.info/showrecord.asp?id=1721   | access-date = October 1, 2011}}</ref> and the over {{convert|150|ft|m|-tall|adj=mid}} spruce lighted every year for Christmas.<ref name="CDAp">{{cite news   | last =Hasslinger  | first =Tom   | title =Tall tree tale   | publisher =Coeur d’Alene Press  | date = January 9, 2011 | url =http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_a427d57c-44eb-5abf-adf5-63024c2a049a.html  | access-date = October 1, 2011 }}</ref> Morning fogs are common year round.<ref name="Forestry1886">{{cite book|author=California. State Board of Forestry|title=Biennial Report of the California State Board of Forestry for the Years ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MSsDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA203|access-date=August 22, 2013|year=1886|publisher=[[J. J. Ayers]], Superintendent state printing|pages=203–}}</ref>

A weather station was run in the town from 1963 to 1973. The climate is similar to that of nearby [[Eureka, California|Eureka]].<ref name="wrcc.dri.edu" />