Chemult is an

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in Klamath County,

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, United States, on U.S. Route 97 near the drainage divide between the Klamath and Columbia Rivers. Chemult has a population of about 80 people. Chemult's elevation is . The locale was originally established in 1924 as a station on the

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

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'' 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

Climate

Chemult has the typical continental Mediterranean climate (

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''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 , and it also has among the highest frequency of nights below , 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 or higher. Typically 17.6 days will fail to hit and 8.4 nights fall below , whilst in December and January only 3.2 days exceed . Since records began in 1937 the wettest calendar year has been 1996 with at least (several days were missing) whilst the driest has been 1994 with , though between July 1976 and June 1977 only fell. The wettest month has been December 1996 with , whilst the highest monthly snowfall has been in January 1954 and the highest for a season from July 1955 to June 1956. The average maximum snow depth is , but has been as high as on January 4, 1966 after fell the previous December.NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data
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References

External links

Chemult Community Action Team Webpage
{{Authority control Unincorporated communities in Klamath County, Oregon 1924 establishments in Oregon Unincorporated communities in Oregon Populated places established in 1924 Oregon placenames of Native American origin