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This is the current conditions weather report for Chowchilla. The report was made 63 minutes ago, at 12:53 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 9 miles per hour / 14.8 kilometers per hour from the northwest (300°). The temperature was 57°F / 14°C, with a dew-point at 57°F / 14°C. The temperature felt like 55°F / 13°C. The atmospheric pressure was 29.94 inHg / 1015 hPa. The relative humidity was 59%. The skies were clear.

Chowchilla is a city in Madera County, California, United States. It is part of the Madera, California Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 11,127 at the 2000 census.(a count which does not include inmates at Central California Women's Facility and Valley State Prison for Women just outside of town).

The name "Chowchilla" is derived from the Native American tribe of Chauchila (the spelling is inconsistent in reference guides) Yokut Indians which once lived in the area. The name itself evidently translates as "Murderers" and is apparently a reference to the warlike nature of the Chauchila tribe. The Chauchila Indians were inadvertently responsible for the first white men "discovering" Yosemite Valley, which occurred when the Chauchila Indians were being pursued by a band of whites. References to the Indian tribe still abound in Chowchilla, and the town's sole high school still retains the moniker of "Redskins" as their local mascot.

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