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Climate Zone Descriptions _________________________________________________________________________________________ The following pages are a listing of the climate zones associated with several thousand specific California cities, towns and other locations. This information represents an abridged version of the Commission publication California Climate Zone Descriptions, which contains detailed survey definitions of the sixteen climate zones. Climate Zone Descriptions June 2001 1 Zone Location:City, County Zone Location:City, County Zone Location:City, County ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 16 Ambrose, Modoc 12 Aukum, El Dorado 2 American Canyon, Napa 6 Avalon, Los Angeles 12 American River, Sacramento 14 Avawatz Mountains, 16 American River (Silver Fork), San Bernardino El Dorado 13 Avenal, Kings 15 Amos, Imperial 5 Avila Beach, San Luis Obispo A 6 Anacapa Island, Ventura 16 Avocado Heights, Los Angeles 8 Anaheim, Orange 9 Azusa, Los Angeles 3 Abbotts Lagoon, Marin 1 Anchor Bay, Mendocino 13 Academy, Fresno 11 Anderson, Shasta B 12 Acampo, San Joaquin 4 Anderson Lake, Santa Clara 15 Acolita, Imperial 15 Andrade, Imperial 13 Badger, Tulare 14 Actis, Kern 3 Angel Island, Marin 12 Bagby, Mariposa 14 Acton, Los Angeles 12 Angels Camp, Calaveras 15 Bagdad, San Bernardino 4 Adelaida, San Luis Obispo 13 Angiola, Tulare 14 Baker, San Bernardino 14 Adelanto, San Bernardino 2 Angwin, Napa 13 Bakersfield, Kern 16 Adin, Modoc 1 Annapolis, Sonoma 14 Balch, San Bernardino 13 Adobe, Kern 12 Antelope, Sacramento 16 Bald Eagle Mountain, Plumas 14 Afton, San Bernardino 14 Antelope Center, Los Angeles 9 Baldwin Park, Los Angeles 6 Ager, Siskiyou 16 Antelope Lake, Plumas 14 Ballarat, Inyo 9 Agoura Hills, Los Angeles 13 Antelope Plain, Kern 2 Ballico, Merced 5 Agua Caliente Canyon, 14 Antelope Valley, Los Angeles 11 Bangor, Butte Santa Barbara 12 Antioch, Contra Costa 15 Banning, Riverside 15 Agua Caliente Springs, San 16 Anza, Riverside 12 Banta, San Joaquinn Diego 16 Apache Canyon, Ventura 15 Bard, Imperial 9 Agua Duice, Los Angeles 14 Apple Valley, San Bernardino 9 Bardsdale, Ventura 10 Aguanga, Riverside 11 Applegate, Placer 2 Barkerville, Lake 13 Ahwahnee, Madera 3 Aptos, Santa Curz 16 Barkley Mountain, Tehama 14 Airport Lake, Inyo 15 Araz Wash, Imperial 10 Barona, San Diego 3 Alameda, Alameda 11 Arbuckle, Colusa 10 Barrett Dam, San Diego 12 Alameda County 9 Arcadia, Los Angeles 10 Barrett Junction, San Diego 12 Alamo, Contra Costa 1 Arcata, Humboldt 14 Barstow, San Bernardino 15 Alamo River, Imperial 1 Arcata Bay, Humboldt 16 Bartle, Siskiyou 3 Albany, Alameda 12 Arden Town, Sacramento 16 Bartlett, Inyo 10 Alberhill, Riverside 14 Argus, San Bernardino 2 Bartlett Springs, Lake 1 Albion, Mendocino 16 Argus Peak, Inyo 16 Bass Lake, Madera 2 Alderpoint, Humboldt 16 Argus Range, Inyo 9 Bassett, Los Angeles 9 Alhambra, Los Angeles 10 Arlington, Riverside 16 Baxter, Placer 3 Alisal, Monterey 13 Armona, Kings 16 Bayley, Modoc 3 Alisal Slough, Monterey 16 Arnold, Calaveras 11 Bayliss, Glenn 16 Aliso Canyon, Los Angeles 2 Arnold, Mendocino 1 Bayside, Humboldt 8 Aliso Viejo, Orange 3 Aromas, Monterey 5 Baywood Park, San Luis Obispo 6 Alleghany, Sierra 14 Arrowhead Junction, 11 Beale Air Force Base, Yuba 12 Allendale, Solano San Bernardino 2 Bear Buttes, Humboldt 13 Allensworth, Tulare 4 Arroyo Dos Picachos, San Benito 16 Bear River, Amador 4 Almaden A.F.S., Santa Clara 5 Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo 1 Bear River, Humboldt 16 Almanor, Plumas 13 Arroyo Hondo, Fresno 11 Bear River, Sutter/Yuba 6 Alondra Park, Los Angeles 4 Arroyo Hondo, Santa Clara 12 Bear Valley, Mariposa 13 Alpaugh, Tulare 15 Arroyo Salada, Imperial 16 Beardsley Lake, Tuolumne 16 Alpine County 4 Arroyo Seco, Monterey 10 Beaumont, Riverside 10 Alpine, San Diego 8 Artesia, Los Angeles 16 Beckwourth, Plumas 16 Alta, Placer 11 Artois, Glenn 16 Beckwourth Pass, Lassen/Plumas 10 Alta Loma, San Bernardino 13 Arvin, Kern 11 Beegum, Shasta 16 Alta Sierra, Kern 13 Ash Mountain, Tulare 16 Belden, Plumas 9 Altadena, Los Angeles 3 Ashland, Alameda 8 Bell, Los Angeles 12 Altamont, Alameda 16 Aspen Valley, Tuolumne 8 Bell Gardens, Los Angeles 12 Altaville, Calaveras 2 Asti, Sonoma 14 Bell Mountain, San Bernardino 6 Alton, Humboldt 4 Atascadero, San Luis Obispo 14 Bell Mountain Wash, 16 Alturas, Modoc 3 Atherton, San Mateo San Bernardino 4 Alviso, Santa Clara 12 Athlone, Merced 2 Bell Springs, Mendocino 12 Amador, Amador 14 Atolia, San Bernardino 4 Bell Station, Santa Clara 12/16 Amador County 12 Atwater, Merced 11 Bella Vista, Shasta 14 Amargosa Range, Inyo 13 Auberry, Fresno 8 Bellflower, Los Angeles 14 Amargosa River, Inyo 11 Auburn, Placer 12 Bellota, San Joaquin 15 Amboy, San Bernardino 11 Auburn Ravine, Sutter 3 Belmont, San Mateo Climate Zone Descriptions June 2005 1 Zone Location:City, County Zone Location:City, County Zone Location:City, County ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 Belvedere, Marin 13 Blackwells Corner, Kern 12 Brooks Ranch, Yolo 12 Ben Hur, Mariposa 16 Blairsden, Plumas 14 Brown, Kern 3 Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz 2 Blocksburg, Humboldt 11 Browns Valley, Yuba 2 Benbow, Humboldt 2 Bloomfield, Sonoma 11 Brownsville, Yuba 11 Bend, Tehama 10 Bloomington, San Bernardino 1 Bruhel Point, Mendocino 12 Benicia, Solano 11 Blossom, Tehama 16 Brush Creek, Butte 14 Bennetts Well, Inyo 16 Blue Canyon, Placer 14 Bryman, San Bernardino 16 Benton, Mono 1 Blue Lake, Humboldt 4 Bryson, Monterey 16 Benton Hot Springs, Mono 11 Blunt, Tehama 12 Bryte, Yolo 13 Berenda, Madera 15 Blythe, Riverside 16 Buck Meadows, Mariposa 3 Berkeley, Alameda 16 Boca, Nevada 11 Buckeye, Shasta 11 Berry Creek, Butte 16 Boca Reservoir, Nevada 14 Buckhorn Lake, Kern 4 Berryessa, Santa Clara 1 Bodega, Sonoma 16 Bucks Lake, Plumas 2 Berryessa Lake, Napa 3 Bodega Bay, Marin 14 Budweiser Wash, San 2/3 Berryessa Peak, Napa/Yolo 1 Bodega Bay, Sonoma Bernardino 16 Beswick, Siskiyou 1 Bodega Head, Sonoma 5 Buellton, Santa Barbara 12 Bethany, San Joaquin 16 Bodfish, Kern 8 Buena Park, Orange 12 Bethel Island, Contra Costa 16 Bodie, Mono 12 Buena Vista, Amador 5 Betteravia, Santa Barbara 16 Bolam, Siskiyou 13 Buena Vista Lake Bed, Kern 9 Beverly Hills, Los Angeles 3 Bolinas, Marin 1 Bull Creek, Humboldt 16 Bieber, Lassen 16 Bollibokka Mountain, Shasta 14 Bull Spring Wash, San 16 Big Bar, Trinity 3 Bolsa Knolls, Monterey Bernardino 3 Big Basin, Santa Cruz 15 Bombay Beach, Imperial 14 Bullion Mountains, San 16 Big Bear City, San Bernardino 13 Bonadella Ranchos – Madera Bernardino 16 Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino Rancho, Fresno 16 Buntingville, Lassen 16 Big Bend, Butte 16 Bonanza King, Trinity 9 Burbank, Los Angeles 16 Big Bend, Shasta 15 Bonds Corner, Imperial 2 Burbeck, Mendocino 2 Big Bend, Sonoma 13 Bonita, Madera 2 Burdell, Marin 16 Big Creek, Fresno 3 Bonny Doon, Santa Cruz 3 Burlingame, San Mateo 1 Big Lagoon, Humboldt 10 Bonsall, San Diego 16 Burney, Shasta 16 Big Lake, Shasta 2 Boonville, Mendocino 16 Burney Mountain, Shasta 15 Big Maria Mountains, Riverside 12 Bootjack, Mariposa 16 Burnt Ranch, Trinity 2 Big Mountains, Sonoma 14 Boron, Kern 13 Burrelield, Fresno 12 Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne 15 Borrego, San Diego 12 Burson, Calaveras 16 Big Pine, Inyo 15 Borrego Springs, San Diego 1 Butler Valley, Humboldt 16 Big Pines, Los Angeles 10 Bostonia, San Diego 11 Butte City, Glenn 14 Big Rock Wash, Los Angeles 3 Boulder Creek, Santa Cruz 11/16 Butte County 16 Big Sage Reservoir, Modoc 14 Boulevard, San Diego 16 Butte Meadows, Butte 16 Big Springs, Siskiyou 13 Bowles, Fresno 16 Butte Valley, Siskiyou 4 Big Sur, Monterey 11 Bowman, Placer 13 Buttonwillow, Kern 4 Big Sur River (North Fork), 15 Box Canyon, Riverside 12 Byron, Contra Costa Monterey 2 Boyes Hot Springs, Sonoma 16 Big Tujungs Canyon, 9 Bradbury, Los Angeles C Los Angeles 4 Bradley, Monterey 16 Big Valley Mountains, 12 Brannan Island, Sacramento 15 Cabazon, Riverside Lassen/Modoc 1 Branscomb, Mendocino 7 Cabrillo National Monument, 11 Biggs, Butte 14 Brant, San Bernardino San Diego 16 Bijou, El Dorado 15 Brawley, Imperial 5 Cachuma Lake, Santa Barbara 13 Biola, Fresno 16 Bray, Siskiyou 15 Cadiz, San Bernardino 12 Birds Landing, Solano 8 Brea, Orange 15 Cadiz Lake, San Bernardino 16 Bishop, Inyo 16 Breckenridge Mountain, Kern 15 Cadiz Valley, San Bernardino 14 Bissell, Kern 12 Brentwood, Contra Costa 14 Cady Mountains, San 4 Bitterwater, San Benito 12 Briceburg, Mariposa Bernardino 16 Black Bear, Siskiyou 2 Briceland, Humboldt 2 Cahto Peak, Mendocino 16 Black Butte, Glenn 12 Bridge House, Sacramento 16 Cahuilla, Riverside 11 Black Butte Reservoir, 16 Bridgeport, Mono 16 Cajon Junction, San Bernardino Glenn/Tehama 16 Bridgeport Reservoir, Mono 16 Cajon Summit, San Bernardino 16 Black Butte River, Mendocino 2 Bridgeville, Humboldt 9 Calabasas, Los Angeles 14 Black Canyon Wash, 12 Briones Reservoir, Contra Costa 14 Calada, San Bernardino San Bernardino 3 Brisbane, San Mateo 12/16 Calaveras County 15 Black Meadow Landing, 15 Bristol Lake, San Bernardino 12/4 Calaveras Reservoir, San Bernardino 14 Bristol Mountains, Alameda/Santa Clara 13 Black Mountain, Fresno San Bernardino 12 Calaveras River, San Joaquin 2 Black Point, Marin 12 Broderick, Yolo 12 Calaveritas, Calaveras 12 Blackhawk, Contra Costa 3 Brookdale, Santa Cruz 13 Calders Corner, Kern 2 June 2001 Climate Zone 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