Santiam Junction, Oregon

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Santiam Junction
Unincorporated area locale
Highways at Santiam Junction
Highways at Santiam Junction
Santiam Junction is located in Oregon
Santiam Junction
Santiam Junction
Location within the state of Oregon
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Country United States
State Oregon
County Linn
Elevation 3,750 ft (1,140 m)
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)

Santiam Junction is a highway junction and unincorporated community[1][2] in Linn County, Oregon, United States, at the intersection of U.S. Route 20/Oregon Route 126 and Oregon Route 22.

According to the Oregon Department of Transportation, the elevation is 3,750 feet (1,143 m).[3]

An automated weather station is located here, as well as highway maintenance facilities. The Santiam Junction State Airport is an emergency/recreational landing strip that is closed from the first snowfall until spring. The airport grounds permit fly-in camping.[3]

The Santiam Junction vicinity is listed by the National Register of Historic Places as the site of the Oregon Pacific Railroad Linear Historic District, which consists of roughly 20 miles (32 km) of the old railroad grade between Idanha and the line's Cascade Range summit.[4][5]

Geologically, much of the area is a lava bed created during a period of volcanic activity around 1000 B.C.[6]

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22.0 °C). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Santiam Junction has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[7]

Climate data for Santiam Junction
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 61
(16)		 67
(19)		 71
(22)		 88
(31)		 96
(36)		 95
(35)		 99
(37)		 99
(37)		 96
(36)		 86
(30)		 76
(24)		 60
(16)		 99
(37)
Average high °F (°C) 37.8
(3.2)		 40.7
(4.8)		 44.3
(6.8)		 49.6
(9.8)		 59.2
(15.1)		 65.2
(18.4)		 76.4
(24.7)		 77.2
(25.1)		 71.4
(21.9)		 58.8
(14.9)		 44.4
(6.9)		 37.4
(3)		 55.2
(12.9)
Average low °F (°C) 22.5
(−5.3)		 23.1
(−4.9)		 25.4
(−3.7)		 29.2
(−1.6)		 33.9
(1.1)		 38.2
(3.4)		 42.7
(5.9)		 41.3
(5.2)		 37.7
(3.2)		 32.4
(0.2)		 27.8
(−2.3)		 22.1
(−5.5)		 31.4
(−0.3)
Record low °F (°C) −7
(−22)		 −18
(−28)		 0
(−18)		 4
(−16)		 18
(−8)		 22
(−6)		 28
(−2)		 28
(−2)		 21
(−6)		 14
(−10)		 2
(−17)		 −19
(−28)		 −19
(−28)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 9.28
(235.7)		 6.66
(169.2)		 7.72
(196.1)		 5.74
(145.8)		 3.74
(95)		 2.37
(60.2)		 0.75
(19)		 0.73
(18.5)		 1.35
(34.3)		 4.1
(104)		 10.63
(270)		 9.06
(230.1)		 62.14
(1,578.4)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 47.5
(120.7)		 39.5
(100.3)		 39.4
(100.1)		 15
(38)		 2.8
(7.1)		 0.3
(0.8)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0.1
(0.3)		 4.8
(12.2)		 33.8
(85.9)		 57.6
(146.3)		 240.8
(611.6)
Average precipitation days 17 14 19 16 12 8 3 3 5 10 20 16 143
Source: [8]

See also

References

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  7. ↑ Climate Summary for Santiam Junction, Oregon
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