Vernita Bridge
| Vernita Bridge | |
|---|---|
 Vernita Bridge | |
| Coordinates | 46°38′32.97″N 119°43′58.09″W / 46.6424917°N 119.7328028°WCoordinates: 46°38′32.97″N 119°43′58.09″W / 46.6424917°N 119.7328028°W |
| Carries |
 SR 24 |
| Crosses | Columbia River |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Steel truss concrete girder |
| Total length | 1,982 ft (604 m)[1] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1965 |
The Vernita Bridge is a bridge on Washington State Route 24 over the Columbia River between Grant County and Benton County, located approximately 10 miles (16 km) south of Desert Aire and Mattawa, Washington. The bridge is in the Hanford Reach National Monument near the Hanford Site.
Climate
The weather station near the Vernita Bridge is the location of the highest recorded July temperature in the state of Washington. This record was achieved when it reached a scorching 118 °F (48 °C), in 1928. This is also the site of the hottest April temperature in Washington. This occurred when it reached an astonishing 103 °F (39 °C), in 1934. This is the only place in Washington where a temperature of above 100 °F (38 °C) has occurred in April. This happened 2 times: in 1926 and 1934.
| Climate data for Wahluke, Washington | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 66 (19) |
69 (21) |
83 (28) |
103 (39) |
103 (39) |
110 (43) |
118 (48) |
112 (44) |
104 (40) |
94 (34) |
72 (22) |
74 (23) |
118 (48) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 37.9 (3.3) |
45.5 (7.5) |
59.5 (15.3) |
70.2 (21.2) |
77.8 (25.4) |
84.8 (29.3) |
94.7 (34.8) |
92.6 (33.7) |
82.2 (27.9) |
68.9 (20.5) |
50.9 (10.5) |
40.7 (4.8) |
67.14 (19.52) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 22.5 (−5.3) |
27.2 (−2.7) |
34.6 (1.4) |
41.4 (5.2) |
48.4 (9.1) |
55.1 (12.8) |
61.7 (16.5) |
59.8 (15.4) |
51.8 (11) |
42.3 (5.7) |
31.9 (−0.1) |
26.3 (−3.2) |
41.92 (5.48) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −20 (−29) |
−15 (−26) |
11 (−12) |
19 (−7) |
29 (−2) |
33 (1) |
41 (5) |
36 (2) |
20 (−7) |
16 (−9) |
7 (−14) |
−21 (−29) |
−21 (−29) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.85 (21.6) |
0.73 (18.5) |
0.39 (9.9) |
0.36 (9.1) |
0.43 (10.9) |
0.51 (13) |
0.20 (5.1) |
0.23 (5.8) |
0.36 (9.1) |
0.59 (15) |
1.03 (26.2) |
0.29 (7.4) |
5.97 (151.6) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 4.9 (12.4) |
3.0 (7.6) |
trace | 0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
1.4 (3.6) |
3.3 (8.4) |
16.0 (40.6) |
| Source: [2] | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "SR-24 Bridge List" (PDF). Washington State Department of Transportation. June 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ↑ "WAHLUKE, WASHINGTON (458903)". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved June 10, 2016.