Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 15 h 55 min4:53 am – 8:47 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 8 h 30 min7:31 am – 4:01 pm
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ClimateWarmest month August: highs 86°F, lows 51°FColdest month December: highs 36°F, lows 24°F18 in of rain a year, on about 72 dayswettest month December26 in of snow a year, on about 16 days25 days above 90°F, 146 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Rosalia station, 14 mi away
Parks and public landsSteptoe Buttestate park · 6.3 mi · 168 acresMary Minerva McCroskey State Parkstate park · 8.9 mi · 4,680 acresSteptoe Battlefieldstate historic site · 13.8 miHeyburn State Parkstate park · 25.5 mi · 8,094 acresSt. Joe National Forestnational forest · 27.3 mi · 143,490 acresIron Horse Palousestate park · 27.5 mi · 1,260 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes10 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19701 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 11 Nov 200143 mi away, near Spokane, WashingtonMost recent: magnitude 3.0 on 13 Nov 200144 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Very LowWhitman County, WA, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsLandslide Relatively ModerateCold wave Relatively ModerateSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality87% of days had good air in 2025317 of 365 days measured48 moderate daysMedian index 23, worst day 99main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)Source: US EPA Air Quality Index, Whitman County monitors, WA
Drinking waterCity of Pullman Water Departmentserves 31,315 people from ground waterNo health-based violations since 20213 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation2,551 ft778 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalWhitman Hospital and Medical Clinics17.5 miPost officeOakesdale Post Office4.8 miTown hallOakesdale City Hall4.8 miPoliceOakesdale Police Department4.8 miFire stationWhitman County Fire District 10 Oakesdale4.8 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportPullman-Moscow Regional Airport PUW24 miMajor airportSpokane International Airport GEG41 miInterstateI-9038 miUS highwayUS 1959.7 miAmtrakAmtrak Station SPK42 miCoachColfaxNorthwestern Stage Lines17 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 99104 ZIP area.
