Glenoma, Washington | |
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| Coordinates: 46°30′52″N122°09′36″W / 46.51444°N 122.16000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Lewis |
| Elevation | [1] 820 ft (250 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 98336 |
| Area code | 360 |
Glenoma is an unincorporated community in Lewis County located off U.S. Route 12, between the towns of Morton and Randle. The area is northeast of Riffe Lake. [1]
Glenoma was originally named Vern and briefly as Verndale. [1] The area was later renamed by Beverly Coiner, deriving the moniker by combining glen, meaning "valley", and oma, from the Hebrew word for "a measure of grain"; the name was construed to mean "fruitful valley". [2] [3] [4]
The first covered swimming pool in Lewis County opened in Glenoma in 1961. [5]
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Glenoma has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. [6]
| Climate data for Glenoma | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 44.9 (7.2) | 49.9 (9.9) | 53.6 (12.0) | 58.6 (14.8) | 65.3 (18.5) | 71 (22) | 77.1 (25.1) | 77.9 (25.5) | 72.4 (22.4) | 62.1 (16.7) | 51.0 (10.6) | 45.1 (7.3) | 60.7 (15.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 31 (−1) | 32.2 (0.1) | 34.3 (1.3) | 37 (3) | 42.3 (5.7) | 47 (8) | 49.8 (9.9) | 49 (9) | 44.8 (7.1) | 38.3 (3.5) | 34.9 (1.6) | 31.5 (−0.3) | 39.3 (4.1) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 10.00 (254) | 6.96 (177) | 6.42 (163) | 5.42 (138) | 3.82 (97) | 2.98 (76) | 1.18 (30) | 1.41 (36) | 3.25 (83) | 5.14 (131) | 9.51 (242) | 10.08 (256) | 66.17 (1,681) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 7.7 (20) | 3.5 (8.9) | 1.0 (2.5) | 0.3 (0.76) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.3 (3.3) | 3.2 (8.1) | 16.9 (43) |
| Source: [7] | |||||||||||||
The community is located north of several recreation areas, including Riffe Lake, Taidnapam Park, and Cowlitz Falls Park which is located on the Cispus River near its junction to the reservoir, Lake Scanewa. [8]
Students in the town are served by the White Pass School District. [9]
The Glenoma Elementary school was built in the 1920s. [lower-alpha 1] It was rebuilt after a fire in 1932 [10] and razed in 2011 after it had been closed due to low enrollment. Elementary students in the area began attending Randle Elementary School in 2004. [11]
Morton is a city in Lewis County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,036 at the 2020 census.
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