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]
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] |
Climate
editThis 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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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