Boca, California

Boca
Former settlement
Boca

Location in California

Coordinates: 39°23′10″N 120°05′39″W / 39.38611°N 120.09417°WCoordinates: 39°23′10″N 120°05′39″W / 39.38611°N 120.09417°W
Country  United States
State  California
County Nevada County
Elevation[1] 5,528 ft (1,685 m)
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)

Boca is a former settlement in Nevada County, California. It is situated at an elevation of 5,528 ft (1,685 m) above sea level.[1] Boca is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 6.5 miles (10.5 km) northeast of Truckee.[2]

 

History

The place was named by the Central Pacific Railroad Boca (Spanish for "mouth" and "river mouth") in 1867 because it was near the mouth of the Little Truckee River.[2][3]

It had a post office during the period of 1872 through 1945.[4]

In 1880, the population was 200.[5]

Climate

Boca has a fairly typical for its region continental Mediterranean climate (Köppen Dsb) with dry summers that feature hot days and cold nights, and cold, snowy winters. Snowfall is less heavy than Truckee and Tahoe city due to the rain shadow effect of the Sierra Nevada, but depths can still reach to 90 inches (2.29 m), and in recent times 70 inches (1.78 m) of snow was on the ground at the end of February 1993.

On January 20, 1937, the temperature at Boca fell to −45 °F (−42.8 °C), the lowest temperature ever recorded in California, though on average only a dozen nights will fall below 0 °F (−17.8 °C) and 256 days exceed 50 °F (10 °C). Nightly frosts are common even in summer, and only 93 nights per year fail to fall below 32 °F (0 °C).

Climate data for Boca, California (1971-2000; extremes since 1906)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 64
(18)		 68
(20)		 76
(24)		 81
(27)		 90
(32)		 96
(36)		 98
(37)		 99
(37)		 96
(36)		 89
(32)		 79
(26)		 70
(21)		 99
(37)
Average high °F (°C) 41.4
(5.2)		 44.4
(6.9)		 49.4
(9.7)		 56.5
(13.6)		 65.1
(18.4)		 74.8
(23.8)		 83.1
(28.4)		 82.9
(28.3)		 76.1
(24.5)		 65.7
(18.7)		 51.1
(10.6)		 42.6
(5.9)		 61.1
(16.2)
Average low °F (°C) 11.2
(−11.6)		 14.1
(−9.9)		 19.7
(−6.8)		 23.5
(−4.7)		 29.5
(−1.4)		 33.9
(1.1)		 37.4
(3)		 36.0
(2.2)		 31.0
(−0.6)		 25.0
(−3.9)		 19.7
(−6.8)		 13.3
(−10.4)		 24.5
(−4.2)
Record low °F (°C) −45
(−43)		 −43
(−42)		 −27
(−33)		 0
(−18)		 11
(−12)		 16
(−9)		 21
(−6)		 18
(−8)		 10
(−12)		 4
(−16)		 −6
(−21)		 −31
(−35)		 −45
(−43)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 3.76
(95.5)		 3.70
(94)		 3.00
(76.2)		 1.08
(27.4)		 1.12
(28.4)		 0.57
(14.5)		 0.57
(14.5)		 0.50
(12.7)		 0.85
(21.6)		 1.38
(35.1)		 2.72
(69.1)		 3.04
(77.2)		 22.29
(566.2)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 17.1
(43.4)		 19.9
(50.5)		 13.6
(34.5)		 4.0
(10.2)		 1.6
(4.1)		 0.1
(0.3)		 0.0
(0)		 0.0
(0)		 0.2
(0.5)		 1.3
(3.3)		 9.0
(22.9)		 17.0
(43.2)		 83.8
(212.9)
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.01 inch) 7.6 6.8 7.1 4.6 4.8 2.9 1.9 2.2 3.5 3.9 6.5 6.1 57.9
Avg. snowy days (≥ 0.1 inch) 4.5 3.9 3.3 1.2 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 2.2 3.5 19.9
Source #1: NOAA[6]
Source #2: Western Regional Climate Center[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boca, California
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 452. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. ↑ 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. 40. ISBN 0-520-21316-5.
  4. ↑ "Boca 1918 4b-bar 1872-1945.". postalhistory.com. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
  5. ↑ "Nevada County GenWeb Nevada County History". cagenweb.com. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  6. ↑ Climatography of the United States No. 20: 1971-2000
  7. ↑ BOCA, CALIFORNIA Climate Summary