Cougar, Washington

Cougar, Washington
Unincorporated community
Cougar Post Office
Cougar Post Office
Cougar is located in Washington (state)
Cougar
Cougar
Location in the state of Washington
Cougar is located in the United States
Cougar
Cougar
Cougar (the United States)
Coordinates: 46°03′05″N 122°17′58″W / 46.05139°N 122.29944°W / 46.05139; -122.29944
CountryUnited States
StateWashington
CountyCowlitz
Elevation
[1]
156 m (512 ft)
Time zoneUTC−8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP code
98616
Area code360
FIPS code53-15010
GNIS feature ID1518146

Cougar is an unincorporated community and former town in Cowlitz County, Washington. Cougar is located around 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Woodland along Washington State Route 503 and situated along the northwest bank of Yale Lake, a reservoir on the Lewis River. The population of Cougar was 122 at the 1990 Census, when it was still incorporated as a town, but disincorporated before the 2000 Census. As of 2023, the population is 83. The Cougar community is part of the Woodland School District, a K-12 school district of about 2,200 students. Cougar is the nearest community to Mount St. Helens, which lies 13 miles (20.9215 km) to its northeast. The eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980 was the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States.

A post office called Cougar was established in 1902.[2] The community was named after the cougar which were abundant in the area at that time.[3]

Geography

Cougar is located at 46°03′05″N 122°17′58″W / 46.05139°N 122.29944°W / 46.05139; -122.29944 (46.0514993, -122.2995413).[4]

Climate

Climate data for Cougar, Washington
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 60
(16) 		69
(21) 		78
(26) 		91
(33) 		100
(38) 		104
(40) 		107
(42) 		106
(41) 		104
(40) 		92
(33) 		70
(21) 		60
(16) 		107
(42)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 42.8
(6.0) 		47.3
(8.5) 		52.1
(11.2) 		57.6
(14.2) 		65.3
(18.5) 		71.8
(22.1) 		79.1
(26.2) 		78.8
(26.0) 		73
(23) 		61.8
(16.6) 		49.6
(9.8) 		43.1
(6.2) 		60.2
(15.7)
Daily mean °F (°C) 37.9
(3.3) 		41
(5) 		44.2
(6.8) 		48.4
(9.1) 		54.9
(12.7) 		60.7
(15.9) 		66.2
(19.0) 		66
(19) 		61.6
(16.4) 		53.1
(11.7) 		44
(7) 		38.5
(3.6) 		51.4
(10.8)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 33.1
(0.6) 		34.7
(1.5) 		36.3
(2.4) 		39.3
(4.1) 		44.5
(6.9) 		49.6
(9.8) 		53.2
(11.8) 		53.2
(11.8) 		50.2
(10.1) 		44.5
(6.9) 		38.4
(3.6) 		33.9
(1.1) 		42.6
(5.9)
Record low °F (°C) 8
(−13) 		5
(−15) 		15
(−9) 		28
(−2) 		29
(−2) 		33
(1) 		34
(1) 		38
(3) 		34
(1) 		28
(−2) 		12
(−11) 		2
(−17) 		2
(−17)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 17.9
(450) 		13.6
(350) 		12.2
(310) 		8.5
(220) 		5.3
(130) 		3.8
(97) 		1.3
(33) 		2.1
(53) 		4
(100) 		9
(230) 		17.9
(450) 		18.9
(480) 		114.7
(2,910)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 12.8
(33) 		4
(10) 		1.5
(3.8) 		0.1
(0.25) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		1.5
(3.8) 		5.8
(15) 		25.7
(65)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in.) 21 18 20 18 15 11 5 6 9 15 21 21 180
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in.) 2.1 1.2 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.7 6.3
Source: weatherbase.com

Education

Cougar is in the territory of Woodland Public Schools,[5] which operates Woodland High School.

External links

  • Woodland Public Schools website

References

  1. ^ "USGS—Cougar, Washington". Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  2. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  3. ^ Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 57.
  4. ^ "2013 U.S. Gazetteer Files". census.gov. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  5. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cowlitz County, WA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 30, 2021.


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