Olga | |
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 The Strawberry Barreling Plant in Olga, now a cafe and art galleries | |
  Olga Location within the state of Washington | |
| Coordinates: 48°37′10″N122°50′08″W / 48.61944°N 122.83556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | San Juan |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 98279 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1511204 [1] |
Olga is a waterfront unincorporated community on Orcas Island in San Juan County, Washington, United States.
Olga was founded in 1860, after William Moore homesteaded the region. The Olga post office opened in 1890, with Hibbard Stone serving as postmaster. Olga is named after the mother of the first storekeeper of the area, John Ohlert. [2]
| Climate data for Olga, Washington | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 65 (18) | 66 (19) | 76 (24) | 78 (26) | 87 (31) | 89 (32) | 93 (34) | 89 (32) | 87 (31) | 77 (25) | 67 (19) | 65 (18) | 93 (34) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 44.2 (6.8) | 47.3 (8.5) | 51.1 (10.6) | 56.6 (13.7) | 62.1 (16.7) | 66.4 (19.1) | 70.0 (21.1) | 69.7 (20.9) | 65.4 (18.6) | 57.5 (14.2) | 49.8 (9.9) | 45.6 (7.6) | 57.1 (13.9) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 39.4 (4.1) | 41.6 (5.3) | 44.4 (6.9) | 48.6 (9.2) | 53.3 (11.8) | 57.2 (14.0) | 60.0 (15.6) | 60.0 (15.6) | 56.8 (13.8) | 50.8 (10.4) | 44.4 (6.9) | 40.8 (4.9) | 49.8 (9.9) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 34.5 (1.4) | 35.8 (2.1) | 37.6 (3.1) | 40.6 (4.8) | 44.5 (6.9) | 48.0 (8.9) | 50.0 (10.0) | 50.3 (10.2) | 48.1 (8.9) | 44.0 (6.7) | 39.1 (3.9) | 36.0 (2.2) | 42.4 (5.8) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −8 (−22) | −4 (−20) | 10 (−12) | 28 (−2) | 31 (−1) | 37 (3) | 40 (4) | 38 (3) | 32 (0) | 26 (−3) | 4 (−16) | 2 (−17) | −8 (−22) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 3.91 (99) | 2.79 (71) | 2.41 (61) | 1.89 (48) | 1.60 (41) | 1.33 (34) | 0.81 (21) | 1.02 (26) | 1.68 (43) | 2.93 (74) | 4.24 (108) | 4.35 (110) | 28.95 (735) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 2.5 (6.4) | 1.6 (4.1) | 0.7 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.5 (1.3) | 1.3 (3.3) | 6.7 (17) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 16 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 135 |
| Source: WRCC (normals 1891-present) [3] | |||||||||||||
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