Naples, Idaho
Naples is a small unincorporated community in Boundary County, in the far north of Idaho, United States.[1] It lies 11 miles (18 km) south of the city of Bonners Ferry and 23 miles north of Sandpoint, on U.S. Routes 2/95 in the Rocky Mountains. It is very close to the US-Canada border.
Naples is near the land features of Caribou Ridge and Ruby Creek. The Ruby Ridge standoff of 1992, between federal agencies and the Randy Weaver family, took place about 8 miles (13 km) from the city. It resulted in the deaths of three people, including a deputy US marshal and two of the Weaver family.[2]
It was named after the Italian city, from which many immigrant laborers had come who worked on building the first rail line through the region around 1890.[3]
Geography
Naples is located at 48°34′19″N 116°23′41″W.[1]
The city has a total area of 872.79 square miles (2260.52 km2), of which, 868.31 square miles (2248.91 km2) is land and 4.48 square miles (11.60 km2) is water.[4]
Climate data for Naples | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 55 (13) |
63 (17) |
75 (24) |
89 (32) |
95 (35) |
105 (41) |
104 (40) |
106 (41) |
97 (36) |
84 (29) |
67 (19) |
57 (14) |
105 (41) |
Average high °F (°C) | 34 (1) |
39 (4) |
50 (10) |
61 (16) |
70 (21) |
76 (24) |
84 (29) |
84 (29) |
73 (23) |
57 (14) |
42 (6) |
32 (0) |
58.5 (14.7) |
Average low °F (°C) | 23 (−5) |
24 (−4) |
29 (−2) |
34 (1) |
41 (5) |
48 (9) |
51 (11) |
50 (10) |
42 (6) |
34 (1) |
29 (−2) |
21 (−6) |
35.5 (1.9) |
Record low °F (°C) | −29 (−34) |
−25 (−32) |
−12 (−24) |
10 (−12) |
17 (−8) |
23 (−5) |
32 (0) |
28 (−2) |
15 (−9) |
8 (−13) |
−13 (−25) |
−33 (−36) |
−33 (−36) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 2.56 (65) |
1.60 (41) |
1.66 (42) |
1.37 (35) |
1.76 (45) |
1.68 (43) |
0.74 (19) |
0.69 (18) |
1.02 (26) |
1.65 (42) |
2.92 (74) |
2.87 (73) |
20.52 (523) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 16.0 (41) |
10.5 (27) |
3.4 (8.6) |
0.5 (1.3) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.5 (1.3) |
9.2 (23) |
22.0 (56) |
62.1 (158.2) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 inch) | 12.6 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 9.4 | 13.8 | 14.4 | 120.7 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 inch) | 7.8 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 27.9 |
Source: The Weather Channel [5] |
References
- "Feature Detail Report for: Naples". USGS. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- Wilson, Jason (26 August 2017). "Ruby Ridge, 1992: the day the American militia movement was born". the Guardian. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- Boone, Lalia Phipps (1988). Idaho place names : a geographical dictionary. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press. p. 268. ISBN 0893011193.
- "Idaho 2010" (PDF). US Census. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- "Naples, ID Monthly Weather". The Weather Channel. Retrieved 24 April 2019.