El Mirage, California
El Mirage is an unincorporated community in the western Victor Valley of the Mojave Desert, within San Bernardino County, California.
El Mirage, California | |
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  El Mirage, California | |
| Coordinates: 34°36′08″N 117°37′52″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | San Bernardino |
| Elevation | 2,913 ft (888 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| Area codes | 442/760 |
| GNIS feature ID | 252884[1] |
El Mirage is next to the El Mirage Lake, a dry lake bed, and 12.5 miles (20.1 km) northwest of Adelanto.
Climate
El Mirage has a hot desert climate (BS) typical of Southern California's interior with hot, dry summers and cool winters.
| Climate data for El Mirage, California (normals 1981-2010)(extremes 1971-2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 76 (24) |
82 (28) |
88 (31) |
96 (36) |
105 (41) |
110 (43) |
112 (44) |
108 (42) |
106 (41) |
96 (36) |
87 (31) |
80 (27) |
112 (44) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 56.5 (13.6) |
59.3 (15.2) |
65 (18) |
71.9 (22.2) |
81.2 (27.3) |
90.6 (32.6) |
97.4 (36.3) |
96.4 (35.8) |
88.8 (31.6) |
76.9 (24.9) |
64.4 (18.0) |
55.4 (13.0) |
75.3 (24.1) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 43.9 (6.6) |
46.6 (8.1) |
51.6 (10.9) |
57 (14) |
65.9 (18.8) |
73.8 (23.2) |
79.9 (26.6) |
78.8 (26.0) |
72.1 (22.3) |
61.4 (16.3) |
50.5 (10.3) |
42.8 (6.0) |
60.4 (15.8) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 31.3 (−0.4) |
34 (1) |
38.2 (3.4) |
42 (6) |
50.7 (10.4) |
57.1 (13.9) |
62.5 (16.9) |
61.2 (16.2) |
55.4 (13.0) |
46 (8) |
36.6 (2.6) |
30.1 (−1.1) |
45.4 (7.4) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 3 (−16) |
5 (−15) |
18 (−8) |
23 (−5) |
29 (−2) |
32 (0) |
41 (5) |
41 (5) |
33 (1) |
14 (−10) |
14 (−10) |
1 (−17) |
1 (−17) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.02 (26) |
1.08 (27) |
0.8 (20) |
0.28 (7.1) |
0.15 (3.8) |
0.06 (1.5) |
0.17 (4.3) |
0.32 (8.1) |
0.23 (5.8) |
0.29 (7.4) |
0.36 (9.1) |
0.75 (19) |
5.51 (140) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 0.6 (1.5) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.3 (0.76) |
1.1 (2.8) |
| Average precipitation days | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 30 |
| Source: NOAA[2] | |||||||||||||
Education
El Mirage School, a K-8 Campus, is operated by neighboring Adelanto Elementary School District. Students in the upper grades attend High School in Victor Valley Union High School District, including Adelanto High School.
Filmings
The music video for the song "Dilly" by Band of Horses was filmed in 2010 at Murphy's Bar and Grill, now permanently closed.[3]
See also
- Populated places in the Mojave Desert
- Mirage Airfield
- Grey Butte Auxiliary Airfield
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: El Mirage, California
- "El Mirage - NWS San Diego NOAA Online Weather Data". NOAA. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
- "Dilly (TV 2010)". IMDb.com, Inc. Archived from the original on November 12, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
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