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Needles (Mojave Aha Kuloh) is a city located on the western banks of the
Colorado River in San Bernardino County, California. It is located in Mojave
Valley, which straddles the California-Arizona border. The city is accessible
via Interstate 40 and U.S. Route 95. The population was 4,830 at the 2000
census. Needles was named after "The Needles," a group of pointed rocks on the
Arizona side of the river. There is a relatively large Mohave community,
although they are not the majority.
"Ancient petroglyphs, pictographs, intaglios, old trails and stone work sites
bear witness to those who came from an earlier time." (Needles Chamber of
Commerce)
Mohave people had been living in the area for hundreds, if not thousands, of
years prior to the European exploration of the area. In 1859, Fort Mojave was
built to protect immigrants to California and other travelers from the Mohave.
The city was founded in 1883 as a result of the construction of the railroad,
which crosses the Colorado at this point. The name is derived from pointed
mountain peaks at the south end of the valley.
Historic Route 66 passes through the city, lined with motels and other shops
from that era. Needles is a tourism and recreation center, a tradition going
back for decades.
Nearby cities include Bullhead City, Arizona, Lake Havasu City, Arizona, and
Laughlin, Nevada.
Needles, like Death Valley, is known for extreme heat during the summers.
Temperatures in Needles routinely reach 120 F (49 C) in late July and early
August, and Needles occasionally sets national or world daily high temperature
records.
On July 17, 2005, the high temperature at Needles was 125 degrees Fahrenheit
(51.6 degrees celsius), the warmest temperature ever recorded since record
keeping began in 1940, breaking the previous all-time record high of 123 degrees
four days earlier (which prior to that, broke the all-time high of 122 which was
set on July 2, 1967).
On July 22, 2006, about one year later, the low temperature in Needles had
experienced a record high low temperature, with a temperature to be recorded to
be 98 degrees at 5 AM with a high temperature exceeding 120 degrees.