Sand Point, Seattle

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Sand Point is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, United States, named after and consisting mostly of the Sand Point peninsula that juts into Lake Washington, which is itself largely given over to Magnuson Park. Its southern boundary can be said to be N.E. 65th Street, beyond which are Windermere and Hawthorne Hills; its northern boundary, N.E. 95th Street, beyond which is Lake City. The western limit of the neighborhood, beyond which are View Ridge and Wedgwood, is not fixed and can be said to be anywhere up the hill that extends west from Sand Point Way N.E. as far as 35th Avenue N.E. It is also the former home of Seattle Naval Air Station.

Sand Point Airfield

Sand Point Airfield was the endpoint of the first aerial circumnavigation of the world in 1924. The historic flight helped convince Congress to develop Sand Point as a naval air station.

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| title = HistoryLink: U.S. Army flyers land at Sand Point Airfield to complete first aerial circumnavigation of the globe on September 28, 1924

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The station ceased operations in 1970.

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| access-date = 2013-02-28 }}

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Sand Point has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=74754&cityname=Sand+Point%2C+Washington%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Sand Point, Seattle]

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| location = Sand Point, Seattle

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| Jan high F = 47.4

| Feb high F = 49.8

| Mar high F = 53.9

| Apr high F = 58.8

| May high F = 65.3

| Jun high F = 70.2

| Jul high F = 76.5

| Aug high F = 77.0

| Sep high F = 71.3

| Oct high F = 60.5

| Nov high F = 51.9

| Dec high F = 46.5

| Jan record high F = 64

| Feb record high F = 66

| Mar record high F = 78

| Apr record high F = 83

| May record high F = 90

| Jun record high F = 96

| Jul record high F = 105

| Aug record high F = 98

| Sep record high F = 94

| Oct record high F = 87

| Nov record high F = 76

| Dec record high F = 62

| year record high F = 105

| year high F = 60.8

| Jan low F = 37.2

| Feb low F = 37.0

| Mar low F = 39.2

| Apr low F = 42.8

| May low F = 48.3

| Jun low F = 52.7

| Jul low F = 56.5

| Aug low F = 57.1

| Sep low F = 53.2

| Oct low F = 46.7

| Nov low F = 40.9

| Dec low F = 37.0

| Jan record low F = −4

| Feb record low F = −1

| Mar record low F = 7

| Apr record low F = 25

| May record low F = 33

| Jun record low F = 38

| Jul record low F = 43

| Aug record low F = 47

| Sep record low F = 34

| Oct record low F = 28

| Nov record low F = 13

| Dec record low F = 10

| year record low F = −4

| year low F = 45.7

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation inch = 5.14

| Feb precipitation inch = 3.54

| Mar precipitation inch = 3.86

| Apr precipitation inch = 2.98

| May precipitation inch = 2.16

| Jun precipitation inch = 1.57

| Jul precipitation inch = 0.78

| Aug precipitation inch = 1.00

| Sep precipitation inch = 1.74

| Oct precipitation inch = 3.65

| Nov precipitation inch = 5.85

| Dec precipitation inch = 5.55

| year precipitation inch = 37.82

| source 1 = {{cite web|url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/us-climate-normals/|title=1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access

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| date = May 2021

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Notable residents

Gordon Hirabayashi, a civil rights leader and 2012 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, who challenged the constitutionality of Japanese American internment camps during World War II. Hirabayashi was born on April 23, 1918. His parents were farmers in the Sand Point area along the shore of Lake Washington.{{cite web |url=http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv58822/pdf|title=Gordon K. Hirabayashi papers, 1934-2012 |author= |website=Archives West |publisher= Orbis Cascade Alliance |access-date= June 17, 2017}}

References

External links

[http://clerk.seattle.gov/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1070S.htm Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas — Sand Point]