Glenoma, Washington
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Glenoma, Washington | |
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  Glenoma  Glenoma | |
| Coordinates: 46°30′52″N 122°09′36″W / 46.51444°N 122.16000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Lewis |
| Elevation | 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]
The community was nicknamed “Little Kentucky”, as many settlers in the area came from the Appalachian South.
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Glenoma has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[6]
| Climate data for Glenoma | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | |||||||||||||
Parks and recreation
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] A 34-acre (14 ha) recreation area, known as Frost Creek Park, was first begun in the mid-1970s and was renamed Glenoma County (Community) Park.[9][10]
