Swift Reservoir
| Swift Reservoir | |
|---|---|
  Swift Reservoir  Swift Reservoir | |
| Location | Skamania County, Washington, United States |
| Coordinates | 46°03′N 122°06′W / 46.050°N 122.100°W[1] |
| Type | reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Lewis River |
| Primary outflows | Lewis River |
| Catchment area | 481 square miles (1,250 km2)[2] |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 4,620 acres (18.7 km2)[2] |
| Water volume | 755,600 acre-feet (0.932 km3)[3] |
| Surface elevation | 1,012 ft (308 m)[4] |
| References | [1][2] |
Swift Reservoir is a reservoir on the Lewis River in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located in Skamania County. It was created in 1958 with the construction of Swift Dam.[2]
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Hood River, Oregon (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 61 (16) |
68 (20) |
78 (26) |
91 (33) |
100 (38) |
112 (44) |
107 (42) |
108 (42) |
104 (40) |
92 (33) |
70 (21) |
60 (16) |
112 (44) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 55 (13) |
59 (15) |
69 (21) |
80 (27) |
88 (31) |
93 (34) |
97 (36) |
98 (37) |
92 (33) |
79 (26) |
62 (17) |
54 (12) |
98 (37) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 44.3 (6.8) |
48.5 (9.2) |
53.0 (11.7) |
58.8 (14.9) |
67.2 (19.6) |
72.3 (22.4) |
80.7 (27.1) |
81.2 (27.3) |
74.9 (23.8) |
62.0 (16.7) |
50.4 (10.2) |
43.8 (6.6) |
61.4 (16.4) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 39.1 (3.9) |
41.5 (5.3) |
44.5 (6.9) |
49.1 (9.5) |
56.1 (13.4) |
60.7 (15.9) |
67.1 (19.5) |
67.4 (19.7) |
62.7 (17.1) |
53.2 (11.8) |
44.4 (6.9) |
38.8 (3.8) |
52.0 (11.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 33.8 (1.0) |
34.5 (1.4) |
36.0 (2.2) |
39.3 (4.1) |
45.0 (7.2) |
49.1 (9.5) |
53.4 (11.9) |
53.6 (12.0) |
50.5 (10.3) |
44.4 (6.9) |
38.4 (3.6) |
33.7 (0.9) |
42.6 (5.9) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 23 (−5) |
24 (−4) |
29 (−2) |
32 (0) |
36 (2) |
41 (5) |
45 (7) |
45 (7) |
41 (5) |
35 (2) |
29 (−2) |
24 (−4) |
17 (−8) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 8 (−13) |
5 (−15) |
16 (−9) |
28 (−2) |
29 (−2) |
33 (1) |
38 (3) |
38 (3) |
34 (1) |
28 (−2) |
12 (−11) |
4 (−16) |
4 (−16) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 17.01 (432) |
13.04 (331) |
12.44 (316) |
9.08 (231) |
5.41 (137) |
4.10 (104) |
1.24 (31) |
1.60 (41) |
3.85 (98) |
9.11 (231) |
18.65 (474) |
17.33 (440) |
112.86 (2,866) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 6.9 (18) |
3.7 (9.4) |
1.8 (4.6) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.7 (1.8) |
3.9 (9.9) |
17.1 (43.95) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 20.9 | 17.7 | 20.4 | 18.2 | 14.9 | 11.7 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 8.3 | 14.8 | 21.0 | 20.0 | 177.9 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 7 |
| Source: NOAA[5] | |||||||||||||
See also
[edit]
References
[edit]- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Swift Reservoir
- ^ a b c d Swift Dam Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, NPDP Dam Directory
- ^ "Reservoirs in the United States" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "Swift Reservoir". Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
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