Nighthawk, Washington

Nighthawk is an unincorporated community on the Similkameen River in Okanogan County, Washington, United States. It was named for a nearby (and now-closed) mine.^[1] Another source says that it was named after the nighthawks common to the area.^[2]

Description[edit]

Nighthawk is a (mostly former) logging area along Loomis–Oroville Highway west-northwest of Oroville, Washington. Just north of Nighthawk is the Nighthawk–Chopaka Border Crossing, a 9 am – 5 pm Canada–US border crossing. Nighthawk is located along the former Great Northern Railroad (now BNSF). The town of Nighthawk used to be a booming mine town at the turn of the 20th century with hotels and a burlesque house, but now only has a population of about five people.

The border crossing is usually known as "the Nighthawk crossing" on the Canadian side, though the official name of the Canadian-side locality is Chopaka.

Climate[edit]

Climate data for Osoyoos West, BC 1981–2010 (metric units) about 14 km NE of Nighthawk
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C	2.0	5.9	12.5	17.9	22.1	25.7	29.4	29.1	23.8	15.8	7.1	1.6	16.1
Average mean °C	−0.7	1.6	6.6	11.1	15.2	18.7	21.9	21.4	16.5	10.0	3.7	−0.9	10.4
Average low °C	−3.4	−2.7	0.5	4.2	8.2	11.7	14.2	13.6	9.0	4.2	0.3	−3.4	4.7
Precipitation (cm)	2.88	2.23	2.40	2.42	3.71	4.17	2.46	1.73	1.49	1.86	3.38	3.58	32.32
Snowfall (cm)	14.6	4.6	1.7	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	5.7	17.0	43.8
Source: Environment Canada http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=1043&autofwd=1

Climate data for Osoyoos West, BC 1981–2010 (English units) about 9 miles NE of Nighthawk
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °F	35.6	42.6	54.5	64.2	71.8	78.3	84.9	84.4	74.8	60.4	44.8	34.9	61.0
Average mean °F	30.7	34.9	43.9	52.0	59.4	65.7	71.4	70.5	61.7	50.0	38.7	30.4	50.7
Average low °F	25.9	27.1	32.9	39.6	46.8	53.1	57.6	56.5	48.2	39.6	32.5	25.9	40.5
Precipitation (in)	1.13	0.88	0.94	0.95	1.46	1.64	0.97	0.68	0.59	0.73	1.33	1.41	12.72
Snowfall (in)	5.7	1.8	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	6.7	17.2
Source: Environment Canada http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=1043&autofwd=1

References[edit]

^ Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-918664-00-6.
^ Speck, Gary B. (2020). Ghost Towns. Research done by Marty Strasen. Morton Grove, IL. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-64030-466-6. OCLC 1282171548.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

48°58′00″N 119°38′31″W / 48.96667°N 119.64194°W / 48.96667; -119.64194

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[majors-1] Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-918664-00-6.

[2] Speck, Gary B. (2020). Ghost Towns. Research done by Marty Strasen. Morton Grove, IL. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-64030-466-6. OCLC 1282171548.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Okanogan County, Washington, United States
County seat: Okanogan
Cities	Brewster Okanogan Omak Oroville Pateros Tonasket	Map of Washington highlighting Okanogan County
Towns	Conconully Coulee Dam‡ Elmer City Nespelem Riverside Twisp Winthrop
CDPs	Disautel Loomis Malott Methow Nespelem Community North Omak
Unincorporated communities	Aeneas Azwell Brown Lake Carlton Chesaw Havillah Mazama Nighthawk Olema Wauconda
Indian reservation	Colville Indian Reservation‡
Ghost towns	Bodie Bolster Golden Loop Loop Molson Ruby
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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