Yale Lake
| Yale Lake | ||
|---|---|---|
Primary inflows Lewis River | | |
| Primary outflows | Lewis River | |
| Catchment area | 600 square miles (1,550 km2)[2] | |
| Basin countries | United States | |
| Surface area | 3,780 acres (15.3 km2) | |
| Water volume | 401,760 acre-feet (0.496 km3)[3] | |
| Surface elevation | 486 ft (148 m)[4] | |
| References | [1][2] | |
Yale Lake is a 3,780 acreWashington. It lies on the border between Clark County and Cowlitz County. It was created in 1953 with the construction of Yale Dam.[2]
Climate
| Climate data for Yale Lake,Washington | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 16.9 (430) |
14.9 (380) |
13.3 (340) |
7.1 (180) |
4.7 (120) |
4 (100) |
1.3 (33) |
1.5 (38) |
5 (130) |
11.6 (290) |
18.2 (460) |
20.8 (530) |
119.3 (3,030) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 0.8 (2.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.2 (0.51) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.5 (1.3) |
1.5 (3.8) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in.) | 17 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 159 |
| Source: weatherbase.com | |||||||||||||
See also
- List of lakes in Washington (state)
- List of dams in the Columbia River watershed
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yale Lake
- ^ a b c Yale Dam, NPDP Dam Directory
- ^ "Reservoirs in the United States" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "Yale Reservoir". Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "Yale Dam - Recreation" LewisRiver.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 July 2010.
- ^ "Weatherbase.com". Weatherbase. 2021. Retrieved on January 14, 2021.
- ^ "weatherbase.com". weatherbase.com.
External links
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