Agnew is an unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington, United States. It lies on a backroad leading to Port Angeles and just outside Sequim. Agnew is a primarily rural residential area located along the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Agnew, Washington | |
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.jpg) Peninsula Evangelical Friends Church | |
  Agnew Location within the state of Washington | |
| Coordinates: 48°6′22″N 123°25′30″W / 48.10611°N 123.42500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Clallam |
| Settled | approx. 1875 |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
Agnew was first settled around 1875 by Charles Agnew. Previously called "De Fuca" and "Wildcat Valley", it received its present name in 1920.[1] It is a consolidation of the former towns of Reeveton and Lindsay.
Climate
editThis region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Agnew has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[2]
| Climate data for Agnew, Washington | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 45.9 (7.7) |
47.3 (8.5) |
50.5 (10.3) |
54.9 (12.7) |
60.4 (15.8) |
64.0 (17.8) |
68.2 (20.1) |
68.7 (20.4) |
65.5 (18.6) |
57.2 (14.0) |
50.2 (10.1) |
45.7 (7.6) |
56.5 (13.6) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 40.6 (4.8) |
41.2 (5.1) |
43.7 (6.5) |
47.5 (8.6) |
52.7 (11.5) |
56.7 (13.7) |
60.1 (15.6) |
60.4 (15.8) |
57.0 (13.9) |
50.2 (10.1) |
44.1 (6.7) |
40.5 (4.7) |
49.6 (9.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 35.2 (1.8) |
35.2 (1.8) |
36.9 (2.7) |
40.1 (4.5) |
45.0 (7.2) |
49.1 (9.5) |
52.0 (11.1) |
52.0 (11.1) |
48.7 (9.3) |
43.0 (6.1) |
37.9 (3.3) |
35.1 (1.7) |
42.5 (5.8) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 2.96 (75.11) |
1.93 (49.02) |
1.94 (49.26) |
1.40 (35.44) |
1.19 (30.19) |
0.98 (24.83) |
0.50 (12.82) |
0.62 (15.77) |
1.07 (27.20) |
2.01 (51.02) |
3.59 (91.22) |
3.32 (84.43) |
21.51 (546.31) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 1.8 (4.6) |
0.9 (2.3) |
0.4 (1) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.3 (0.8) |
0.8 (2) |
4.2 (10.7) |
| Average precipitation days | 17 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 140 |
| Average dew point °F (°C) | 36.3 (2.4) |
35.8 (2.1) |
37.6 (3.1) |
40.6 (4.8) |
45.3 (7.4) |
49.3 (9.6) |
52.5 (11.4) |
53.2 (11.8) |
50.9 (10.5) |
45.3 (7.4) |
39.6 (4.2) |
36.1 (2.3) |
43.5 (6.4) |
| Mean daily daylight hours | 9.5 | 10.8 | 12.5 | 14.3 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 14.8 | 13 | 11.3 | 9.8 | 9 | 12.8 |
| Source 1: PRISM Climate Group [3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weatherbase(snowfall-length of day-precipitation days)[4] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-918664-00-6.
- ^ Climate Summary for Agnew, Washington
- ^ "30-year monthly normals at Latitude: 48.1067 Longitude: -123.2497 Elevation: 46m (151ft)". prism.oregonstate.edu. Northwest Alliance for Computational Science & Engineering (Based at Oregon State University). Retrieved March 19, 2024.
800m PRISM cells / not interpolated
- ^ "Agnew, Washington MONTHLY - ALL WEATHER AVERAGES". Weatherbase. CantyMedia. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
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