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The wettest "rain year" at Southwest Oregon Regional Airport in nearby North Bend was from July 1994 to June 1995 with 89.13 inches (2,263.9 mm) and the driest from July 1976 to June 1977 with 30.87 inches (784.1 mm); the greatest monthly rainfall was 22.69 inches (576.3 mm) in November 1973, and the highest 24-hour rainfall 6.67 inches (169.4 ...
Coos Bay (Coos language: Atsixiis) [1] is an estuary where the Coos River enters the Pacific Ocean, the estuary is approximately 12 miles long [2] and up to two miles wide. It is the largest estuary completely within Oregon state lines.
Oregon rainfall varies widely from region to region. Precipitation in the state varies widely: some western coastal slopes approach 200 inches (5,100 mm) annually, while the driest places, such as the Alvord Desert (in the rain shadow of Steens Mountain) in eastern Oregon, get as little as 5 inches (130 mm). [2] [3]
The Oregon Department of Transportation reports high water on U.S. Highway 101 in Coos Bay, on Sunday, Dec, 3, 2023.
The most rainfall in one month was 26.99 inches (686 mm) in November 1973. The greatest 24-hour rainfall was 6.25 inches (159 mm) on November 19, 1996. While snow is common during the winter in the mountains surrounding Powers, the city itself averages only 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) of snow each year.
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Coos Bay is the homeland of two bands of Native people, Miluk and Hanis. Both today are often referred to as "Coos". [3] Lewis and Clark noted Cook-koo-oose for Coos Bay people. [4] The origin of the name "Coos" is probably influenced both by the Lewis and Clark reference and the name for the region in the Hanis and Miluk languages, kuukwis. [5]
Drain was the starting point for the Drain-Coos Bay stage line, which ran to Scottsburg and then by river steamer to Gardiner and the beach on the south side of the mouth of the Umpqua River. [7] The Drain Normal School was founded in the community in 1883 by the Methodist Church. The state took over the school in 1885 and named it as the ...