The Pelican plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.
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4.87 inches of rain fell in two days, the most for this week of the year since records began in 1975. The next wettest, 3.71 inches, fell in 2018.
Pelican’s center stands about 230 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 10 ft to 3,090 ft, a difference of 3,080 ft: mountain country. Open water lies within three miles. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Tarn Mountain, about 3,650 ft, 3 miles northeast.
Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 8×.
Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR.
Pelican has a oceanic climate. Summer afternoons average 59° in August; winter nights fall to about 29° in January. A normal year brings about 110 inches of snow; with the rain, that comes to about 104 inches of water.
On November 14 Pelican normally reaches 40° and falls to 34°. The record high is 51°, in 1993; the record low 20°, in 2006. The most rain on this date, 3.10 in, fell in 2009.
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1975 at Elfin Cove, 17 miles north-northwest, 210 ft lower. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
