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Alturas, CA vs Shasta Lake, CA

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- Shasta Lake has 258.0% more rainy days than Alturas.
- Shasta Lake has 0.4% more Sunny Days than Alturas.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Shasta Lake scores 11.4% better than Alturas
 Alturas, CAShasta Lake, CAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4738
 Snowfall24  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock89106
 Sunny245  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9786
 Avg. Jan. Low18  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.87
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock8072443
Reviews for Alturas    5 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Crime seems unreasonably high for this area. Shame. Guess there is no place void of California’s problems. Even way up in the North out in the  More

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I visited there years ago and camped at Blue Lake in the Warner Mts. This is America as it was in the 1950's, minus all our modern  More

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Over 14 years ago

I am considering buying an acreage north of Alturas, could anyone tell me what the water table is for drilling? I would appreciate it. Also are there alot of timber 8  More

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Reviews for Shasta Lake    2 Reviews

Ive lived in Shasta Co. for a good 30 years, and the summers have always been exceptionally warm. But over the last 10 years or so, the summers have gotten almost  More

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Over 18 years ago

Shasta Lake is small community 8 Miles North of Redding. One of the major boat Launch ramps (Centamodi Ramp), on shasta Lake is just 3 miles to the North East of town.   More

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