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La Grande, Washington | |
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 US Post Office in La Grande, WA | |
  La Grande, Washington | |
| Coordinates: 46°50′03″N 122°19′07″W / 46.83417°N 122.31861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Pierce |
| Elevation | 965 ft (294 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 98348 |
| Area code | 360 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1521804[1] |
La Grande is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington, United States. La Grande is located along Washington State Route 7 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southwest of Eatonville. La Grande has a post office with ZIP code 98348.[2]
Climate
[edit]This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22 °C). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, La Grande has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[3]
| Climate data for La Grande | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 65 (18) | 70 (21) | 74 (23) | 83 (28) | 92 (33) | 96 (36) | 98 (37) | 102 (39) | 94 (34) | 85 (29) | 75 (24) | 66 (19) | 102 (39) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 45 (7) | 49.1 (9.5) | 51.9 (11.1) | 57.7 (14.3) | 65.8 (18.8) | 71 (22) | 77.6 (25.3) | 77 (25) | 71 (22) | 60.6 (15.9) | 50.6 (10.3) | 46.3 (7.9) | 60.3 (15.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 33.1 (0.6) | 35.4 (1.9) | 35.9 (2.2) | 38.7 (3.7) | 44 (7) | 48.9 (9.4) | 52.2 (11.2) | 52.8 (11.6) | 49.6 (9.8) | 43.7 (6.5) | 37.6 (3.1) | 34.9 (1.6) | 42.2 (5.7) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 6 (−14) | 10 (−12) | 14 (−10) | 28 (−2) | 32 (0) | 33 (1) | 35 (2) | 40 (4) | 31 (−1) | 28 (−2) | 7 (−14) | 4 (−16) | 4 (−16) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 5.06 (129) | 3.67 (93) | 3.88 (99) | 3.21 (82) | 2.4 (61) | 2.12 (54) | 0.9 (23) | 1.57 (40) | 2.09 (53) | 3.3 (84) | 4.73 (120) | 5.59 (142) | 38.52 (978) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 1.8 (4.6) | 0.7 (1.8) | 0.1 (0.25) | 0.1 (0.25) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.4 (1.0) | 1.1 (2.8) | 4.2 (11) |
| Average precipitation days | 20 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 183 |
| Source: [4] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: La Grande, Washington
- ^ "ZIP Code Lookup". www.zipinfo.com. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
- ^ "La Grande, Washington Köppen climate classification (Weatherbase)". www.weatherbase.com. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
- ^ "LA GRANDE, WASHINGTON (454360)". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
External links
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Media related to La Grande, Washington at Wikimedia Commons
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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