Termo (also, Snowstorm and Armstrong)[3] is a ghost town in Lassen County, California.[1] It was located on the now abandoned Southern Pacific Railroad line 32 miles (51 km) north-northeast of Susanville,[3] at an elevation of 5305 feet (1617 m).[1] This town straddles U.S. Highway 395 north of Ravendale.
Termo | |
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  Termo Location in California  Termo Termo (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°51′57″N 120°27′37″W / 40.86583°N 120.46028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Lassen County |
| Elevation | 5,305 ft (1,617 m) |
| ZIP code | 96132[2] |
| Area code | 530 |
It was the original 1900 terminus of the Nevada–California–Oregon Railway, before the line was extended north.[3] A post office opened in 1908, closed in 1914, and re-opened in 1915.[3]
Climate
| Climate data for Termo, California, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1895–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 60 (16) | 65 (18) | 78 (26) | 84 (29) | 91 (33) | 98 (37) | 99 (37) | 101 (38) | 96 (36) | 87 (31) | 73 (23) | 60 (16) | 101 (38) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 53 (12) | 55 (13) | 64 (18) | 72 (22) | 82 (28) | 89 (32) | 95 (35) | 95 (35) | 89 (32) | 79 (26) | 66 (19) | 53 (12) | 97 (36) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 39.0 (3.9) | 43.1 (6.2) | 49.0 (9.4) | 56.5 (13.6) | 65.4 (18.6) | 74.9 (23.8) | 84.3 (29.1) | 83.6 (28.7) | 75.2 (24.0) | 63.4 (17.4) | 47.0 (8.3) | 39.1 (3.9) | 60.0 (15.6) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 26.6 (−3.0) | 31.3 (−0.4) | 36.6 (2.6) | 41.7 (5.4) | 49.1 (9.5) | 56.9 (13.8) | 63.9 (17.7) | 62.4 (16.9) | 55.1 (12.8) | 45.1 (7.3) | 33.6 (0.9) | 26.8 (−2.9) | 44.1 (6.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 14.9 (−9.5) | 19.8 (−6.8) | 24.5 (−4.2) | 27.0 (−2.8) | 32.7 (0.4) | 38.3 (3.5) | 42.9 (6.1) | 41.2 (5.1) | 34.6 (1.4) | 27.0 (−2.8) | 20.2 (−6.6) | 14.8 (−9.6) | 28.2 (−2.2) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −9 (−23) | −2 (−19) | 7 (−14) | 13 (−11) | 19 (−7) | 27 (−3) | 30 (−1) | 29 (−2) | 23 (−5) | 12 (−11) | 3 (−16) | −10 (−23) | −22 (−30) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −24 (−31) | −35 (−37) | −10 (−23) | −2 (−19) | 10 (−12) | 19 (−7) | 23 (−5) | 22 (−6) | 14 (−10) | −3 (−19) | −20 (−29) | −33 (−36) | −35 (−37) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.07 (27) | 1.15 (29) | 1.11 (28) | 0.84 (21) | 1.19 (30) | 0.90 (23) | 0.43 (11) | 0.31 (7.9) | 0.62 (16) | 0.76 (19) | 1.17 (30) | 1.20 (30) | 10.75 (271.9) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 11.9 (30) | 7.2 (18) | 5.8 (15) | 3.1 (7.9) | 2.4 (6.1) | 0.3 (0.76) | 0.1 (0.25) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.3 (0.76) | 1.1 (2.8) | 4.9 (12) | 12.2 (31) | 49.3 (124.57) |
| Source: https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ca8873 | |||||||||||||