El Mirage (corruption of El Miraje, Spanish for "The 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  El Mirage, California | |
| Coordinates: 34°36′08″N 117°37′52″W / 34.60222°N 117.63111°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
editEl 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, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010 | |||||||||||||
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| 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) |
98 (37) |
87 (31) |
80 (27) |
112 (44) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 57.4 (14.1) |
60.1 (15.6) |
65.6 (18.7) |
72.3 (22.4) |
80.5 (26.9) |
91.2 (32.9) |
98.0 (36.7) |
97.3 (36.3) |
90.1 (32.3) |
78.2 (25.7) |
66.0 (18.9) |
56.1 (13.4) |
76.1 (24.5) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 44.7 (7.1) |
47.3 (8.5) |
52.7 (11.5) |
57.7 (14.3) |
65.4 (18.6) |
74.6 (23.7) |
80.8 (27.1) |
80.0 (26.7) |
73.3 (22.9) |
62.2 (16.8) |
51.8 (11.0) |
43.3 (6.3) |
61.2 (16.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 32.0 (0.0) |
34.6 (1.4) |
39.8 (4.3) |
43.1 (6.2) |
50.4 (10.2) |
57.9 (14.4) |
63.7 (17.6) |
62.7 (17.1) |
56.5 (13.6) |
46.2 (7.9) |
37.6 (3.1) |
30.5 (−0.8) |
46.3 (7.9) |
| 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) | 0.88 (22) |
1.06 (27) |
0.61 (15) |
0.27 (6.9) |
0.20 (5.1) |
0.06 (1.5) |
0.21 (5.3) |
0.16 (4.1) |
0.28 (7.1) |
0.43 (11) |
0.29 (7.4) |
0.96 (24) |
5.41 (136.4) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 0.6 (1.5) |
0.2 (0.51) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.2 (0.51) |
1.1 (2.77) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 4.8 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 29.2 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
| Source 1: NOAA[2] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service[3] | |||||||||||||
Education
editEl 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
editThe music video for “California Love” by Tupac Shakur and Dr. Dre was filmed in El Mirage in 1995. The music video for the song "Dilly" by Band of Horses was filmed in 2010 at Murphy's Bar and Grill, now permanently closed.[4] Billy Currington filmed his music video "I got a feelin'"in 2004 starring Gena Lee Nolin.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: El Mirage, California
- ^ "U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: El Mirage, CA". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
- ^ "NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS San Diego". National Weather Service. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
- ^ "Dilly (TV 2010)". IMDb.com, Inc. Archived from the original on November 12, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
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