Rubicon, California

Coordinates: 39°00′04″N 120°06′16″W / 39.001°N 120.1044°W

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Rubicon (also called "Rubicon Bay") is a former settlement in El Dorado County, California, United States.^[1] It was located on Lake Tahoe 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north of Emerald Bay.^[1]

A post office operated at Rubicon from 1901 to 1906 and from 1909 to 1913, located at the "northeast quarter of Section 4 of Township 13 North, Range 17 East" (of the Mount Diablo meridian). It sat 1/16th (330 feet) north of Rubicon Creek.^[1]^[2] In 2011, Rubicon received over 500 inches of snow. Rubicon was a separate community from Rubicon Springs, in the mountains to the west, and Rubicon Lodge to the north.

Climate

Climate data for Rubicon, California, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1990–present
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °F (°C)	57 (14)	60 (16)	65 (18)	67 (19)	80 (27)	82 (28)	88 (31)	89 (32)	85 (29)	78 (26)	66 (19)	55 (13)	89 (32)
Mean maximum °F (°C)	50.7 (10.4)	51.1 (10.6)	57.4 (14.1)	62.0 (16.7)	68.7 (20.4)	76.6 (24.8)	81.8 (27.7)	80.7 (27.1)	76.4 (24.7)	68.0 (20.0)	54.2 (12.3)	49.2 (9.6)	82.7 (28.2)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)	37.9 (3.3)	38.4 (3.6)	42.5 (5.8)	46.8 (8.2)	54.0 (12.2)	64.0 (17.8)	73.1 (22.8)	72.3 (22.4)	65.5 (18.6)	54.2 (12.3)	43.4 (6.3)	36.8 (2.7)	52.4 (11.3)
Daily mean °F (°C)	31.9 (−0.1)	31.7 (−0.2)	34.7 (1.5)	38.2 (3.4)	45.2 (7.3)	54.2 (12.3)	62.9 (17.2)	62.2 (16.8)	56.2 (13.4)	46.2 (7.9)	36.9 (2.7)	31.2 (−0.4)	44.3 (6.8)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)	25.9 (−3.4)	25.1 (−3.8)	26.9 (−2.8)	29.5 (−1.4)	36.6 (2.6)	44.4 (6.9)	52.6 (11.4)	52.2 (11.2)	46.9 (8.3)	38.4 (3.6)	30.4 (−0.9)	25.4 (−3.7)	36.2 (2.3)
Mean minimum °F (°C)	11.5 (−11.4)	11.9 (−11.2)	14.3 (−9.8)	16.6 (−8.6)	24.6 (−4.1)	31.1 (−0.5)	43.7 (6.5)	42.7 (5.9)	34.2 (1.2)	24.4 (−4.2)	16.2 (−8.8)	11.6 (−11.3)	7.0 (−13.9)
Record low °F (°C)	1 (−17)	4 (−16)	5 (−15)	5 (−15)	15 (−9)	23 (−5)	31 (−1)	25 (−4)	27 (−3)	11 (−12)	7 (−14)	−5 (−21)	−5 (−21)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	7.13 (181)	6.61 (168)	6.27 (159)	3.36 (85)	2.17 (55)	0.84 (21)	0.27 (6.9)	0.39 (9.9)	0.73 (19)	2.37 (60)	3.91 (99)	7.12 (181)	41.17 (1,044.8)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)	12.9	12.9	13.1	10.8	7.3	5.8	1.3	2.5	3.3	6.0	9.9	13.0	98.8
Source: National Weather Service^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 482. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
^ "(Location Paper) Post Office Department". The United States National Archives. HMS/MLR: PI168 187. Record Group 28. Records of the Post Office Department 1773 – 1971 > National Archives ID#: 68224435. Reports of Site Locations, California: Del Norte - Fresno > page 444. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
^ "NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Reno". National Weather Service. Retrieved March 8, 2023.

v t e Municipalities and communities of El Dorado County, California, United States
County seat: Placerville
Cities	Placerville South Lake Tahoe	El Dorado County map
CDPs	Auburn Lake Trails Cameron Park Camino Cold Springs Coloma Diamond Springs El Dorado Hills Georgetown Grizzly Flats Meyers Pollock Pines Shingle Springs Tahoma‡
Unincorporated communities	Camp Richardson Clarksville Cool Echo Lake El Dorado Fair Play Fallen Leaf Frenchtown Fresh Pond Garden Valley Gold Hill Greenwood Kelsey Kyburz Latrobe Little Norway Lotus Meeks Bay Mount Aukum Nashville Newtown Omo Ranch Outingdale Pacific Phillips Pilot Hill Pino Grande Pleasant Valley Quintette Rescue Riverton Sciots Camp Sierra Springs Sly Park Smithflat Somerset Strawberry Twin Bridges Volcanoville White Hall
Former settlements	Buckeye Flat Caldor Green Valley Higgins Point Indak Jayhawk Powningville Rubicon Rubicon Springs Salmon Falls Wentworth Springs Yalisumni
Footnotes	‡This CDP also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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