Dixie, Idaho County, Idaho

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Dixie, Idaho
Unincorporated community
Dixie is located in Idaho
Dixie
Dixie
Coordinates: 45°33′15″N 115°27′40″W / 45.55417°N 115.46111°W / 45.55417; -115.46111Coordinates: 45°33′15″N 115°27′40″W / 45.55417°N 115.46111°W / 45.55417; -115.46111
CountryUnited States
StateIdaho
CountyIdaho
Elevation
5,620 ft (1,710 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s)208, 986
GNIS feature ID1802953[1]

Dixie is an unincorporated community in Idaho County, Idaho, United States, located 43 miles (69 km) east-northeast of Riggins. Dixie was an important gateway to the Thunder Mountain Mines of Idaho during the early 1900s when Dixie was on the northern terminus of the Three Blaze Trail, a shortcut route to the mines via Campbell's Ferry, and what is now the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, Chamberlain Basin, and southward to the mining community of Roosevelt, located on Monumental Creek.

History[]

Dixie's population was 292 in 1909,[2] and was 25 in 1960.[3]

Climate[]

Dixie has a dry summer continental subarctic climate (Dsc) according to the Köppen climate classification system.

Climate data for Dixie (1952-2011)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 54
(12) 		59
(15) 		64
(18) 		78
(26) 		86
(30) 		88
(31) 		96
(36) 		99
(37) 		93
(34) 		80
(27) 		64
(18) 		53
(12) 		99
(37)
Average high °F (°C) 30.8
(−0.7) 		35.4
(1.9) 		39.9
(4.4) 		46.6
(8.1) 		56.7
(13.7) 		65.9
(18.8) 		76.4
(24.7) 		75.9
(24.4) 		66.6
(19.2) 		53.8
(12.1) 		38.2
(3.4) 		31.1
(−0.5) 		51.4
(10.8)
Average low °F (°C) 4.8
(−15.1) 		7.1
(−13.8) 		12.8
(−10.7) 		21.1
(−6.1) 		28.7
(−1.8) 		34.8
(1.6) 		37.4
(3.0) 		35.1
(1.7) 		28.9
(−1.7) 		22.8
(−5.1) 		14.1
(−9.9) 		5.8
(−14.6) 		21.1
(−6.1)
Record low °F (°C) −42
(−41) 		−42
(−41) 		−36
(−38) 		−9
(−23) 		4
(−16) 		19
(−7) 		23
(−5) 		19
(−7) 		9
(−13) 		−13
(−25) 		−35
(−37) 		−49
(−45) 		−49
(−45)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 3.55
(90) 		2.55
(65) 		2.64
(67) 		2.24
(57) 		2.44
(62) 		2.51
(64) 		1.09
(28) 		1.3
(33) 		1.41
(36) 		1.88
(48) 		3.17
(81) 		3.5
(89) 		28.27
(718)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 42.6
(108) 		29.7
(75) 		28.4
(72) 		15.9
(40) 		5.1
(13) 		0.6
(1.5) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0.9
(2.3) 		5
(13) 		28.9
(73) 		41
(100) 		198.1
(503)
Average precipitation days 15 12 13 12 12 10 5 6 6 8 13 15 127
Source: WRCC[4]

Transportation[]

Airports[]

The following public-use airports are located near Dixie

References[]

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ^ Davis, Ellis A. (1909). Davis' New Commercial Encyclopedia: Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, the Pacific Northwest. Ellis A. Davis. p. 189.
  3. ^ World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Field Enterprises Corporation. 1960. p. 27.
  4. ^ "DIXIE, ID (102575)". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved November 26, 2015.


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