Kentfield, California

Kentfield is a census-designated place in Marin County, California, United States, just north of San Francisco. Kentfield is located on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad 2mi southwest of downtown San Rafael, at an elevation of 115 feet . The population was 6,485 at the 2010 census. The ZIP codes are 94904 for street addresses, and 94914 for PO boxes, and are shared with the neighboring community of Greenbrae.GeographyKentfield is located on the eastern slopes of Mount Tamalpais. It is atAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.0sqmi, of which, 3.0sqmi of it is land and 0.52% is water.ClimateThe National Weather Service reports that Kentfield's warmest months are July and August, with an average high of and an average low of. December and January are the coolest months with an average high of and an average low of. The highest temperature on record was on July 11, 1913. The lowest temperature recorded was on December 31, 1915. Annually, there are an average of 28.4 days with highs of 90°F (32°C) or higher and 3.2 days with highs of 100°F (38°C) or more. Freezing temperatures (32°F (0°C) or below) occur an average of 4.8 days each year.Kentfield has one of the highest average rainfalls of any community in the San Francisco Bay Area; normally of rain falls each year on an average of 68.6 days. The most rainfall in a month was 26.95 inches (68.45 cm) in February 1986 and the most in 24 hours was 11.56 inches (27.74 cm) on January 21, 1967. Although heavy snow sometimes falls on nearby Mount Tamalpais, snow is rare in Kentfield; however, traces were reported on January 28 and December 13, 1972.