Norden, California

Unincorporated community in California, United States

Unincorporated community in California, United States

Norden

Unincorporated community

Norden

Location within the state of California

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Norden

Norden (the United States)

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Coordinates: 39°19′05″N 120°21′22″W﻿ / ﻿39.31806°N 120.35611°W﻿ / 39.31806; -120.35611
Country|  United States
State|  California
County| Nevada
Elevation

[2]

| 6,939 ft (2,115 m)
Population

(2016)

• Total

| 27[1]
Time zone| UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code|

95724[3]

Area code| 530
GNIS feature ID| 1659242

Norden is a small unincorporated community in Nevada County, California, United States, about 9 miles (14 km) west of Truckee. The community is located on a former portion of U.S. Route 40 near Interstate 80 and lies along the historical first transcontinental railroad, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Donner Pass.[4]

Near Norden is the Sugar Bowl Ski Resort and Donner Ski Ranch, located in nearby Placer County.

The Norden post office, named after the lake, opened in 1926, closed in 1943, and reopened in 1947, and is now closed.[4] The nearby Donner post office operated from 1882 to 1926.[5]

The place is named for Charles Van Norden, an official of the South Yuba Water Company.[4] The dam was built in 1900 and the resulting lake was named after Van Norden.[6]

The community has a population of 27 as of 2016.

## Climate

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Norden has a Köppen Climate Classification of Warm-Summer Mediterranean Climate abbreviated as Csb.[7]

Climate data for Norden, California

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)  | 36
(2)  | 39
(4)  | 41
(5)  | 44
(7)  | 55
(13)  | 63
(17)  | 74
(23)  | 73
(23)  | 67
(19)  | 58
(14)  | 43
(6)  | 38
(3)  | 53
(12)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)  | 18
(−8)  | 18
(−8)  | 19
(−7)  | 23
(−5)  | 31
(−1)  | 37
(3)  | 43
(6)  | 43
(6)  | 39
(4)  | 33
(1)  | 25
(−4)  | 19
(−7)  | 29
(−2)
Average precipitation inches (mm)  | 13.41
(341)  | 7.81
(198)  | 7.83
(199)  | 6.07
(154)  | 2.17
(55)  | 1.27
(32)  | 0.23
(5.8)  | 1.21
(31)  | 0.57
(14)  | 4.43
(113)  | 8.88
(226)  | 8.09
(205)  | 61.98
(1,574)
Source: Weatherbase [8]

## References

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1. ^ Donner Pass Historical Association
2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Norden, California
3. ^ "Norden ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
4. ^ a b c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 530\. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
5. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 477\. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
6. ^ Gudde, Erwin G. (1998). California place names : the origin and etymology of current geographical names (4th ed., rev. and enl. ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 263. ISBN 0520213165.
7. ^ Climate Summary for Norden, California
8. ^ "Weatherbase.com". Weatherbase. 2013. Retrieved on August 22, 2013.

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