Chemult, Oregon

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The locale was originally established in 1924 as a station on the Southern Pacific Cascade Line named "Knott" during construction.[1] The station's name was changed to Chemult when the line opened in 1926 and a post office was established the same year.[1] The name Chemult comes from a Klamath chief who was one of the 26 who signed the Klamath Lake Treaty of October 14, 1864.[1][2]

Amtrak's Coast Starlight stops in Chemult daily at the Chemult Amtrak station, and Pacific Crest Bus Lines stops daily at the station on its route from Klamath Falls to Bend. There is also a Winema National Forest ranger station within the community.

Demographics

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Historical population
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U.S. Decennial Census[3][4]

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Climate

Chemult has the typical continental Mediterranean climate (Köppen Dsb) of the more humid parts of the Intermountain West, featuring dry summers with large diurnal temperature swings and cold winters with cycles of heavy snowfall and dry spells. Owing to being closer to the Sierra-Cascade crest, however, Chemult is one of the snowiest inhabited places in the contiguous US, with a thirty-year average of Script error: No such module "convert"., and it also has among the highest frequency of nights below Script error: No such module "convert"., with an average of 257.6 nights each year falling below this temperature, including 13.4 in the summer months of July and August when days can skyrocket to Script error: No such module "convert". or higher. Typically 17.6 days will fail to hit Script error: No such module "convert". and 8.4 nights fall below Script error: No such module "convert"., whilst in December and January only 3.2 days exceed Script error: No such module "convert"..

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References

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  5. CHEMULT (351546) Monthly Total of Precipitation
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  7. NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data

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External links

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