Glenoma, Washington

Glenoma is an unincorporated community in Lewis County located off U.S. Route 12, between the towns of Morton and Randle. The area is northeast of Riffe Lake.^[1]

Glenoma, Washington
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 46°30′52″N 122°09′36″W
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Lewis
Elevation	[1]820 ft (250 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	98336
Area code	360

History

Glenoma was originally named Vern and briefly as Verndale.^[1] The area was later renamed by Beverly Coiner, deriving the moniker by combining glen, meaning "valley", and oma, from the Hebrew word for "a measure of grain"; the name was construed to mean "fruitful valley".^[2][3][4]

The first covered swimming pool in Lewis County opened in Glenoma in 1961.^[5]

Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Glenoma has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.^[6]

Climate data for Glenoma
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)	44.9 (7.2)	49.9 (9.9)	53.6 (12.0)	58.6 (14.8)	65.3 (18.5)	71 (22)	77.1 (25.1)	77.9 (25.5)	72.4 (22.4)	62.1 (16.7)	51.0 (10.6)	45.1 (7.3)	60.7 (15.9)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)	31 (−1)	32.2 (0.1)	34.3 (1.3)	37 (3)	42.3 (5.7)	47 (8)	49.8 (9.9)	49 (9)	44.8 (7.1)	38.3 (3.5)	34.9 (1.6)	31.5 (−0.3)	39.3 (4.1)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	10.00 (254)	6.96 (177)	6.42 (163)	5.42 (138)	3.82 (97)	2.98 (76)	1.18 (30)	1.41 (36)	3.25 (83)	5.14 (131)	9.51 (242)	10.08 (256)	66.17 (1,681)
Average snowfall inches (cm)	7.7 (20)	3.5 (8.9)	1.0 (2.5)	0.3 (0.76)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1.3 (3.3)	3.2 (8.1)	16.9 (43)
Source: [7]

Parks and recreation

The community is located north of several recreation areas, including Riffe Lake, Taidnapam Park, and Cowlitz Falls Park which is located on the Cispus River near its junction to the reservoir, Lake Scanewa.^[8] A 34-acre (14 ha) recreation area, known as Frost Creek Park, was first begun in the mid-1970s and was renamed Glenoma County (Community) Park.^[9][10]

Education

Students in the town are served by the White Pass School District.^[11]

The Glenoma Elementary school was built in the 1920s.^[a] It was rebuilt after a fire in 1932^[12] and razed in 2011 after it had been closed due to low enrollment. Elementary students in the area began attending Randle Elementary School in 2004.^[13]

Notes

1. There are multiple reports recording 1923, 1929, or 1932 as to year the building was constructed. The building is reliably reported as burning down and being rebuilt in 1932.