La Grande, Washington

Coordinates: 46°50′03″N 122°19′07″W / 46.83417°N 122.31861°W

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La Grande, Washington
Unincorporated community & CDP
US Post Office in La Grande, WA
La Grande, Washington
Coordinates: 46°50′03″N 122°19′07″W / 46.83417°N 122.31861°W / 46.83417; -122.31861
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Pierce
Elevation	965 ft (294 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	98348
Area code	360
GNIS feature ID	1521804^[1]

La Grande is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington, United States. La Grande is located along Washington State Route 7 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southwest of Eatonville. La Grande has a post office with ZIP code 98348.^[2]

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22 °C). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, La Grande has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.^[3]

Climate data for La Grande
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °F (°C)	65 (18)	70 (21)	74 (23)	83 (28)	92 (33)	96 (36)	98 (37)	102 (39)	94 (34)	85 (29)	75 (24)	66 (19)	102 (39)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)	45 (7)	49.1 (9.5)	51.9 (11.1)	57.7 (14.3)	65.8 (18.8)	71 (22)	77.6 (25.3)	77 (25)	71 (22)	60.6 (15.9)	50.6 (10.3)	46.3 (7.9)	60.3 (15.7)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)	33.1 (0.6)	35.4 (1.9)	35.9 (2.2)	38.7 (3.7)	44 (7)	48.9 (9.4)	52.2 (11.2)	52.8 (11.6)	49.6 (9.8)	43.7 (6.5)	37.6 (3.1)	34.9 (1.6)	42.2 (5.7)
Record low °F (°C)	6 (−14)	10 (−12)	14 (−10)	28 (−2)	32 (0)	33 (1)	35 (2)	40 (4)	31 (−1)	28 (−2)	7 (−14)	4 (−16)	4 (−16)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	5.06 (129)	3.67 (93)	3.88 (99)	3.21 (82)	2.4 (61)	2.12 (54)	0.9 (23)	1.57 (40)	2.09 (53)	3.3 (84)	4.73 (120)	5.59 (142)	38.52 (978)
Average snowfall inches (cm)	1.8 (4.6)	0.7 (1.8)	0.1 (0.25)	0.1 (0.25)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.4 (1.0)	1.1 (2.8)	4.2 (11)
Average precipitation days	20	18	19	17	14	12	7	9	11	15	19	22	183
Source: ^[4]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: La Grande, Washington
^ "ZIP Code Lookup". www.zipinfo.com. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
^ "La Grande, Washington Köppen climate classification (Weatherbase)". www.weatherbase.com. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
^ "LA GRANDE, WASHINGTON (454360)". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved November 16, 2015.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Pierce County, Washington, United States
County seat: Tacoma
Cities	Auburn‡ Bonney Lake Buckley DuPont Edgewood Enumclaw‡ Fife Fircrest Gig Harbor Lakewood Milton‡ Orting Pacific‡ Puyallup Roy Ruston Sumner Tacoma University Place	Map of Washington highlighting Pierce County
Towns	Carbonado Eatonville South Prairie Steilacoom Wilkeson
CDPs	Alder Alderton Anderson Island Artondale Ashford Browns Point Canterwood Clear Lake Clover Creek Crocker Dash Point Elbe Elk Plain Fife Heights Fort Lewis Fox Island Frederickson Graham Greenwater Herron Island Home Kapowsin Ketron Island Key Center La Grande Lake Tapps Longbranch Maplewood McChord AFB McKenna McMillin Midland North Fort Lewis North Puyallup Parkland Prairie Heights Prairie Ridge Purdy Raft Island Rosedale South Creek South Hill Spanaway Stansberry Lake Summit Summit View Tehaleh Vaughn Waller Wauna Wollochet
Other communities	Burnett Cromwell Electron Glencove Lakebay McNeil Island Paradise Reliance
Indian reservation	Muckleshoot‡ Puyallup
Military bases	Joint Base Lewis–McChord (Fort Lewis, McChord Field)
Ghost towns	Fairfax Hillhurst Melmont
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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