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Bonanza is a ghost town in Custer County, Idaho, United States. It was originally established as a mining town. As of 2005, the land is privately owned but open to the public. Custer has a museum for the gold-rush era where visitors can experience the lives of the citizens of Custer and can search for gold.
Bonanza is the site of one of many Boot Hill cemeteries. [1]
| Climate data for Bonanza (RAWS), Idaho, 1991–2020 normals: 6410ft (1954m) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 35.3 (1.8) | 38.7 (3.7) | 46.3 (7.9) | 51.8 (11.0) | 60.8 (16.0) | 69.1 (20.6) | 80.6 (27.0) | 80.1 (26.7) | 70.8 (21.6) | 56.0 (13.3) | 40.9 (4.9) | 32.1 (0.1) | 55.2 (12.9) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 20.4 (−6.4) | 22.9 (−5.1) | 30.6 (−0.8) | 36.7 (2.6) | 45.4 (7.4) | 52.2 (11.2) | 60.1 (15.6) | 58.9 (14.9) | 51.0 (10.6) | 39.9 (4.4) | 27.3 (−2.6) | 18.5 (−7.5) | 38.7 (3.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 5.6 (−14.7) | 7.0 (−13.9) | 14.9 (−9.5) | 22.2 (−5.4) | 29.9 (−1.2) | 35.2 (1.8) | 39.7 (4.3) | 37.7 (3.2) | 31.2 (−0.4) | 23.9 (−4.5) | 13.6 (−10.2) | 4.7 (−15.2) | 22.1 (−5.5) |
| Source: XMACIS2 [2] | |||||||||||||
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