Astoria, Oregon
Astoria lies within the Marine west coast climate zone, with very mild temperatures year-round, some of the most consistent in the continental United States; normal winters are mild for Astoria's latitude, generally above freezing, and wet. Summers are cool, although short heat waves can occur. Rainfall is most abundant in late fall and winter, and lightest in late summer. Snowfall is relatively rare but does accumulate in small amounts in winter.
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19 (67) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 28 (83) | 33 (91) | 34 (93) | 38 (100) | 36 (96) | 35 (95) | 29 (85) | 22 (71) | 18 (64) | 38 (100) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 9 (48.1) | 10 (50.8) | 12 (53.3) | 13 (56.1) | 16 (60) | 18 (63.6) | 20 (67.2) | 20 (68.3) | 20 (67.5) | 16 (61) | 12 (53.1) | 9 (48.4) | 16 (60.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 3 (36.7) | 3 (37.6) | 4 (38.6) | 5 (40.8) | 7 (45.4) | 10 (49.8) | 12 (52.9) | 12 (53.2) | 10 (49.5) | 7 (44.1) | 5 (40.1) | 3 (37.1) | 7 (43.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | -12 (11) | -13 (9) | -6 (22) | -2 (29) | -1 (30) | 3 (37) | 4 (39) | 4 (39) | 1 (33) | -3 (26) | -9 (15) | -14 (6) | -14 (6) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 244.3 (9.62) | 199.9 (7.87) | 187.2 (7.37) | 125.2 (4.93) | 83.3 (3.28) | 65.3 (2.57) | 29.5 (1.16) | 30.7 (1.21) | 66.3 (2.61) | 142.5 (5.61) | 266.7 (10.5) | 264.2 (10.4) | 1,705.1 (67.13) |
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Education
The Astoria School District has five schools, each of which serves a different age group of students:
- Captain Robert Gray Elementary School
- John Jacob Astor Elementary School
- Lewis & Clark Elementary School
- Astoria Middle School
- Astoria High School
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Media
- The Daily Astorian
- KMUN
- KAST AM/FM
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Astoria in popular culture
- See also: List of fiction set in Oregon
Shanghaied In Astoria is a musical about Astoria's history, that has been performed in Astoria every year since 1984.
Astoria was the setting of the 1985 movie The Goonies, which was filmed on location. Other movies filmed in Astoria include Overboard, Short Circuit, The Black Stallion, Kindergarten Cop, Free Willy, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, Benji the Hunted, The Ring,[7] The Ring Two, and Into the Wild.
The early 1960s television series Route 66 filmed the episode entitled "One Tiger to a Hill" [1] in Astoria; it was broadcast on September 21, 1962.
An album by the rock band The Ataris, So Long, Astoria, has cover art and a title song depicting the city.
Astoria is mentioned in Neal Stephenson's novel Snow Crash as the best place at that point in the novel to get to the USS Enterprise.
Astoria was also mentioned in the movie Eight Below; it was the current hometown of character Jerry Shepherd. Most recently it was mentioned in the movie about the Coast Guard "The Guardian" with Kevin Costner.
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Other points of interest
- Columbia River Maritime Museum
- Peter Iredale shipwreck
- Astoria Scandinavian Festival
- Astoria Regional Airport
- Clatsop Spit
- CGAS Astoria
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Sister city
Astoria has one sister city[8], as designated by Sister Cities International:
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Notable residents
- Brian Bruney, New York Yankees reliever.
- Holly Madison, one of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends, born in Astoria but left before 2nd birthday.
- Ranald MacDonald, first man to teach the English language in Japan.
- Donald Malarkey, World War II U.S. Army soldier, portrayed in TV series Band of Brothers.
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Further reading
- MacGibbon, Elma (1904). Leaves of knowledge. Shaw & Borden Co. Elma MacGibbons reminiscences about her travels in the United States starting in 1898, which were mainly in Oregon and Washington. Includes chapter "Astoria and the Columbia River."
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References
- ^ a b American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ Find a County. National Association of Counties. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ PSU:Population Research Center
- ^ In his Introduction to the rambling work, Irving reports that Astor explicitly "expressed a regret that the true nature and extent of his enterprizeand its national character and importance had never been understood."
- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ The Ring (2002) - Filming locations
- ^ Sister Cities International
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External links
- City of Astoria - official site
- Old Oregon.com - Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Commerce - official site
- Astoria Downtown.com historic district association's website
- Oregon Blue Book - Astoria
- Astoria USA.com
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