Yale Lake

Yale Lake
Yale Lake
	Yale Lake with Mount St. Helens in distance
	Yale Lake Yale Lake
Location	Clark / Cowlitz counties, Washington, United States
Coordinates	45°57′51″N 122°19′57″W / 45.96417°N 122.33250°W
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Lewis River
Primary outflows	Lewis River
Catchment area	600 square miles (1,550 km2)
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	3,780 acres (15.3 km2)
Water volume	401,760 acre-feet (0.496 km3)
Surface elevation	486 ft (148 m)
References

Yale Lake is a 3,780 acre^[5] reservoir on the Lewis River in the U.S. state of Washington. It lies on the border between Clark County and Cowlitz County. It was created in 1953 with the construction of Yale Dam.^[2]

Climate

Climate data for Yale Lake,Washington
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average precipitation inches (mm)	16.9 (430)	14.9 (380)	13.3 (340)	7.1 (180)	4.7 (120)	4 (100)	1.3 (33)	1.5 (38)	5 (130)	11.6 (290)	18.2 (460)	20.8 (530)	119.3 (3,030)
Average snowfall inches (cm)	0.8 (2.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.2 (0.51)	0.0 (0.0)	0.5 (1.3)	1.5 (3.8)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in.)	17	17	19	14	12	10	3	5	8	15	18	21	159
Source: weatherbase.com

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yale Lake
^ ^a ^b ^c Yale Dam, NPDP Dam Directory
^ "Reservoirs in the United States" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
^ "Yale Reservoir". Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
^ "Yale Dam - Recreation" LewisRiver.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 July 2010.
^ "Weatherbase.com". Weatherbase. 2021. Retrieved on January 14, 2021.
^ "weatherbase.com". weatherbase.com.

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