Amanda Park, Washington | |
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 View of Amanda Park | |
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| Coordinates:47°27′14″N123°54′05″W / 47.45389°N 123.90139°W /47.45389; -123.90139 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Grays Harbor |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.5 sq mi (22.0 km2) |
| • Land | 8.2 sq mi (21.3 km2) |
| • Water | 0.27 sq mi (0.7 km2) |
| Elevation | 367 ft (112 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 162 |
| • Density | 19.7/sq mi (7.61/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP Code | 98526 |
| FIPS code | 53-01780[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 2584944[1] |
Amanda Park is acensus designated place on theOlympic Peninsula inGrays Harbor County,Washington, United States,[4] alongU.S. Route 101.Olympic National Park andLake Quinault are directly to the north. As of the2010 census the population was 252.[3]
The community is near the northern border of Grays Harbor County, on theQuinault River at the outlet of Lake Quinault. It is in the northeast corner of theQuinault Indian Nation. U.S. 101 passes through the center of the community, leading northwest 25 miles (40 km) toQueets on the Pacific coast and south 43 miles (69 km) toAberdeen. The Quinault Valley entrance to Olympic National Park is accessible from North Shore Road, which leaves US 101 at the northern edge of the CDP.
According to theU.S. Census Bureau, the Amanda Park CDP has a total area of 8.5 square miles (22.0 km2), of which 8.2 square miles (21.3 km2) are land and 0.3 square miles (0.7 km2), or 3.24%, are water.[3]
With an average annual precipitation of 129.28 inches (3,284 mm), Amanda Park is one of the rainiest locations in Washington state. Despite heavy annual precipitation due to strong influence from the nearby Pacific, Amanda Park's climate still has a significant drying trend in July to classify it as a warm-summerMediterranean climate (Köppen Csb).
| Climate data for Amanda Park | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 63 (17) | 70 (21) | 74 (23) | 78 (26) | 95 (35) | 93 (34) | 102 (39) | 99 (37) | 93 (34) | 80 (27) | 70 (21) | 65 (18) | 102 (39) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 45.8 (7.7) | 50.6 (10.3) | 51.4 (10.8) | 58.1 (14.5) | 64.7 (18.2) | 71.1 (21.7) | 77.7 (25.4) | 74.4 (23.6) | 70.7 (21.5) | 60.8 (16.0) | 50.2 (10.1) | 47.3 (8.5) | 60.2 (15.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 34.6 (1.4) | 37.5 (3.1) | 35.5 (1.9) | 39.4 (4.1) | 42.8 (6.0) | 47.3 (8.5) | 49.2 (9.6) | 49.9 (9.9) | 48 (9) | 43.6 (6.4) | 37.1 (2.8) | 36.2 (2.3) | 41.8 (5.4) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −14 (−26) | 21 (−6) | 24 (−4) | 30 (−1) | 33 (1) | 37 (3) | 38 (3) | 41 (5) | 35 (2) | 30 (−1) | 22 (−6) | 24 (−4) | 14 (−10) |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 18.23 (463) | 16.43 (417) | 12.07 (307) | 11.56 (294) | 6.32 (161) | 3.34 (85) | 0.81 (21) | 3.38 (86) | 5.67 (144) | 12.17 (309) | 20.06 (510) | 19.23 (488) | 129.28 (3,284) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.2 (0.51) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.2 (0.51) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.01 inch) | 19 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 186 |
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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