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| Coordinates:39°02′15″N120°58′21″W / 39.03750°N 120.97250°W /39.03750; -120.97250 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County | Placer County |
| Elevation | 2,257 ft (688 m) |
| ZIP code | 95739, 95713 |
| Area codes | 530, 837 |
| GNIS feature ID | 237401[2] |
Weimar (formerly, "New England Mills" or "Weimer") is anunincorporated community inPlacer County, California,[1] located in the Sacramento area. Weimar is located 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south-southwest ofColfax.[3] As of 2020, its population is 339.
The Weimar post office opened in 1866. An explanation of the town's name comes from the Geisendorfer family; descendants of George Geisendorfer, founder of the town. George Geisendorfer was born in the area ofWeimar, Germany. Many of the original inhabitants of Weimar (New England Mills) were also of German descent. Members of the town, and the Geisendorfer family, have testified that George Geisendorfer himself decided to rename the town “Weimar” when the post office rejected the original name of New England Mills.[3] In April, 1919, in the wake of the end of World War I, a resolution was introduced in theCalifornia State Senate to change the town's name to Argonne. The resolution was defeated after the local senator insisted the name was not German, but actually came fromWeimah, a chief of the Grass Valley tribe ofSouthern Paiute Native Americans, who had been hospitable to the area's first white settlers. The senator further stated that postal authorities had misspelled the name.[4]
By car, Weimar is about 80 minutes fromReno, Nevada and about one hour northeast ofSacramento, California on east I-80. It is directly adjacent toInterstate 80.Amtrak stops atColfax, California which is about 5 miles east on I-80 past Weimar. The elevation is about 2300–2600 feet.
Weimar has a hot-summerMediterranean climate (Köppen climate classificationCsa).[5][circular reference]
There are cool winters during which intense rainfall with occasional days of snow. It has hot, dry summers with no rainfall in July and August.
Snow in Weimar occasionally falls due to its higher latitude, averaging 10.2 inches or 0.259 metres per year, mostly in winter months.[6]
Average December temperatures are a maximum of 53.0 °F (11.7 °C) and a minimum of 39.0 °F (3.9 °C). Average July temperatures are a maximum of 94.0 °F (34.4 °C) and a minimum of 63.0 °F (17.2 °C). The record high temperature was 113 °F (45 °C). The record low temperature was 20 °F (−7 °C).
Average annual precipitation is 46.9 inches (1,190 mm). There are on average 77.9 days with measurable precipitation.
Weimar's Köppen classification and climate similarities to locations such asNapa, California and parts ofItaly make it a suitable region for growing winegrapes. Weimar and the surrounding areas of Placer County are home to over 20wineries.[7]
| Climate data for Weimar, California | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 77.0 (25.0) | 80.0 (26.7) | 85.0 (29.4) | 91.0 (32.8) | 102.0 (38.9) | 111.0 (43.9) | 113.0 (45.0) | 112.0 (44.4) | 106.0 (41.1) | 101.0 (38.3) | 87.0 (30.6) | 75.0 (23.9) | 113.0 (45.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 53.0 (11.7) | 60.0 (15.6) | 64.0 (17.8) | 70.0 (21.1) | 80.0 (26.7) | 89.0 (31.7) | 94.0 (34.4) | 92.0 (33.3) | 87.0 (30.6) | 77.0 (25.0) | 62.0 (16.7) | 53.0 (11.7) | 73.4 (23.0) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 46.0 (7.8) | 51.0 (10.6) | 54.0 (12.2) | 59.0 (15.0) | 67.0 (19.4) | 74.0 (23.3) | 79.0 (26.1) | 77.0 (25.0) | 73.0 (22.8) | 64.0 (17.8) | 53.0 (11.7) | 46.0 (7.8) | 61.9 (16.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 38.0 (3.3) | 42.0 (5.6) | 44.0 (6.7) | 47.0 (8.3) | 53.0 (11.7) | 60.0 (15.6) | 63.0 (17.2) | 62.0 (16.7) | 58.0 (14.4) | 51.0 (10.6) | 44.0 (6.7) | 39.0 (3.9) | 50.1 (10.1) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 22.0 (−5.6) | 21.0 (−6.1) | 26.0 (−3.3) | 34.0 (1.1) | 37.0 (2.8) | 46.0 (7.8) | 50.0 (10.0) | 49.0 (9.4) | 42.0 (5.6) | 35.0 (1.7) | 27.0 (−2.8) | 20.0 (−6.7) | 20.0 (−6.7) |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 7.8 (200) | 7.9 (200) | 7.0 (180) | 3.6 (91) | 2.1 (53) | 0.6 (15) | 0 (0) | 0.1 (2.5) | 0.8 (20) | 2.6 (66) | 5.9 (150) | 8.5 (220) | 46.9 (1,197.5) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 1.3 (3.3) | 3.2 (8.1) | 2.4 (6.1) | 0.5 (1.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.2 (0.51) | 2.6 (6.6) | 10.2 (25.91) |
| Average precipitation days | 11.6 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 7.9 | 5 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 9.7 | 11.9 | 77.9 |
| Average snowy days | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 3.9 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 76.5 | 67.5 | 66.5 | 57.0 | 47.5 | 45.0 | 41.5 | 45.5 | 49.0 | 56.0 | 67.0 | 74.0 | 57.8 |
| Averagedew point °F (°C) | 38.0 (3.3) | 40.0 (4.4) | 48.0 (8.9) | 43.0 (6.1) | 45.0 (7.2) | 49.0 (9.4) | 50.0 (10.0) | 51.0 (10.6) | 48.0 (8.9) | 46.0 (7.8) | 41.0 (5.0) | 38.0 (3.3) | 44.8 (7.1) |
| Source 1: Bestplaces.net[8] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: RAIN and RAINDAYS / SNOW and SNOWDAYS myforecast.co[9] | |||||||||||||
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2010 | 209 | — |
ItsZIP code is 95736 and itsarea code 530.
As of 2010, its population is 209.
The former Weimar Sanitorium, a Tuberculosis treatment hospital, is nowWeimar Institute, home to the NEWSTART Lifestyle Program. The institute also includes Weimar College, and Weimar Academy, aboarding school forhigh school students, both associated with theSeventh-day Adventist Church. It is also home to the Weimar Hills Public School,[10] which offers grades 4th through 8th.
Municipalities and communities ofPlacer County, California,United States | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This CDP also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |