Tidewater, Oregon

Tidewater is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States located on the Alsea River east of Waldport on Oregon Route 34.

Tidewater, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Post office in Tidewater
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Coordinates: 44°24′40″N 123°54′01″W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Lincoln
Elevation [1]	75 ft (23 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes	97390
GNIS feature ID	1151211[1]

Tidewater was named because it is near the head of the tide of the Alsea River.^[2] Tidewater post office was established in 1878.^[2]

Tidewater is the home of White Wolf Sanctuary, a rescue facility for Arctic wolves.^[3]

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly high temperatures in Tidewater above 76 °F (24 °C). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Tidewater has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.^[4]

Climate data for Tidewater
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °F (°C)	68 (20)	80 (27)	81 (27)	92 (33)	95 (35)	100 (38)	106 (41)	106 (41)	100 (38)	93 (34)	80 (27)	67 (19)	106 (41)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)	49.5 (9.7)	54.3 (12.4)	57 (14)	61 (16)	66.1 (18.9)	70 (21)	74.6 (23.7)	75.8 (24.3)	74.5 (23.6)	66.2 (19.0)	55.5 (13.1)	49.8 (9.9)	62.9 (17.2)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)	36 (2)	38 (3)	38.5 (3.6)	40.6 (4.8)	44.4 (6.9)	48.6 (9.2)	51.8 (11.0)	52.1 (11.2)	49.7 (9.8)	45.7 (7.6)	40.6 (4.8)	37.4 (3.0)	43.6 (6.4)
Record low °F (°C)	8 (−13)	10 (−12)	23 (−5)	26 (−3)	30 (−1)	35 (2)	38 (3)	40 (4)	29 (−2)	25 (−4)	17 (−8)	5 (−15)	5 (−15)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	14.45 (367)	12.07 (307)	11 (280)	6.58 (167)	4.12 (105)	2.46 (62)	0.81 (21)	1.12 (28)	2.88 (73)	6.84 (174)	13.48 (342)	15.32 (389)	91.15 (2,315)
Average snowfall inches (cm)	1.3 (3.3)	0.7 (1.8)	0.1 (0.25)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.1 (0.25)	0.4 (1.0)	2.5 (6.4)
Average precipitation days	20	18	19	16	13	9	4	4	8	13	20	21	165
Source: [5]