Eastsound, Washington

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Eastsound
Unincorporated community
Eastsound
Location in the state of Washington
Coordinates: 48°41′48″N 122°54′15″W / 48.69667°N 122.90417°W / 48.69667; -122.90417Coordinates: 48°41′48″N 122°54′15″W / 48.69667°N 122.90417°W / 48.69667; -122.90417
Country United States
State Washington
County San Juan
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes 98245
Emmanuel Episcopal Church (Eastsound, Washington) Constructed 1885, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Eastsound (or East Sound) is an unincorporated community on Orcas Island in San Juan County, Washington, United States.

Eastsound is the largest population center on Orcas Island, the second-most populated (after San Juan Island) and physically largest of the San Juan Islands. Eastsound consists of a few hotels and several restaurants, numerous gift stores, a large downtown grocery store, natural food store, hardware store, pharmacy, airport, and several churches. There is a public park that hosts events including the farmers market. Indian Island is just offshore Eastsound's public beach. Eastsound's scenic location makes it a popular tourist destination. Eastsound Washington is known for its community events, recreation and tourism. Half a mile north of Eastsound is the Orcas Island Airport airport which has scheduled service to Seattle, Bellingham, Anacortes, Friday Harbor and Lopez Island with unscheduled service to many other locations. Moran State Park is located nearby. Notable residents include Apollo 8 Astronaut William "Bill" Anders and cartoonist Gary Larson.

History

Steamboats of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet used to dock at East Sound, one such vessel was the Sioux, a steel steamship built in 1910 and running out of Bellingham under the ownership of the Black Ball Line.[1][2]

Climate

Climate data for Eastsound, Washington
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 65
(18)		 66
(19)		 76
(24)		 78
(26)		 87
(31)		 89
(32)		 92
(33)		 89
(32)		 87
(31)		 77
(25)		 67
(19)		 65
(18)		 92
(33)
Average high °F (°C) 47
(8)		 49
(9)		 53
(12)		 58
(14)		 63
(17)		 67
(19)		 71
(22)		 71
(22)		 67
(19)		 59
(15)		 50
(10)		 46
(8)		 58.4
(14.6)
Average low °F (°C) 36
(2)		 36
(2)		 38
(3)		 41
(5)		 45
(7)		 48
(9)		 51
(11)		 51
(11)		 48
(9)		 44
(7)		 38
(3)		 34
(1)		 42.5
(5.8)
Record low °F (°C) −8
(−22)		 −4
(−20)		 10
(−12)		 28
(−2)		 31
(−1)		 37
(3)		 40
(4)		 38
(3)		 32
(0)		 26
(−3)		 4
(−16)		 2
(−17)		 −8
(−22)
Precipitation inches (mm) 3.92
(99.6)		 2.49
(63.2)		 2.33
(59.2)		 1.89
(48)		 1.80
(45.7)		 1.29
(32.8)		 0.80
(20.3)		 1.06
(26.9)		 1.33
(33.8)		 2.97
(75.4)		 4.82
(122.4)		 3.54
(89.9)		 28.24
(717.2)
Source: [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Gibbs, Jim, and Williamson, Joe, Maritime Memories of Puget Sound, at page 123, Schiffer Publishing, West Chester, PA 1987, ISBN 0-88740-044-2
  2. ↑ Newell, Gordon R., Ships of the Inland Sea, at page 173, Binford and Mort, Portland, Oregon (2d Ed. 1960)
  3. ↑ "weather.com". Retrieved November 15, 2011. 

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