Sand Point, Seattle facts for kids
Sand Point is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. It's named after a piece of land, a peninsula, that sticks out into Lake Washington. A big part of this peninsula is now a fun place called Magnuson Park.
Sand Point is bordered by N.E. 65th Street to the south, with Windermere and Hawthorne Hills nearby. To the north, N.E. 95th Street marks the edge, close to Lake City. The western side, near View Ridge and Wedgwood, stretches up a hill from Sand Point Way N.E. to about 35th Avenue N.E. This area used to be home to the Seattle Naval Air Station.
Sand Point's Historic Airfield
The Sand Point Airfield has a cool history! In 1924, it was the finish line for the first aerial circumnavigation of the world. This means a group of planes flew all the way around the Earth for the very first time. This amazing flight helped convince the government to turn Sand Point into a naval air station. A naval air station is like an airport for military planes. The station stopped operating in 1970.
Sand Point's Climate
Sand Point has a type of weather called a "warm-summer Mediterranean climate." This means that the summers are usually warm and dry, but they don't get super hot. The average monthly temperatures don't go above 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit (about 22 degrees Celsius).
| Climate data for Sand Point, Seattle | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 64 (18) |
66 (19) |
78 (26) |
83 (28) |
90 (32) |
96 (36) |
105 (41) |
98 (37) |
94 (34) |
87 (31) |
76 (24) |
62 (17) |
105 (41) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 47.4 (8.6) |
49.8 (9.9) |
53.9 (12.2) |
58.8 (14.9) |
65.3 (18.5) |
70.2 (21.2) |
76.5 (24.7) |
77.0 (25.0) |
71.3 (21.8) |
60.5 (15.8) |
51.9 (11.1) |
46.5 (8.1) |
60.8 (16.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 37.2 (2.9) |
37.0 (2.8) |
39.2 (4.0) |
42.8 (6.0) |
48.3 (9.1) |
52.7 (11.5) |
56.5 (13.6) |
57.1 (13.9) |
53.2 (11.8) |
46.7 (8.2) |
40.9 (4.9) |
37.0 (2.8) |
45.7 (7.6) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −4 (−20) |
−1 (−18) |
7 (−14) |
25 (−4) |
33 (1) |
38 (3) |
43 (6) |
47 (8) |
34 (1) |
28 (−2) |
13 (−11) |
10 (−12) |
−4 (−20) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 5.14 (131) |
3.54 (90) |
3.86 (98) |
2.98 (76) |
2.16 (55) |
1.57 (40) |
0.78 (20) |
1.00 (25) |
1.74 (44) |
3.65 (93) |
5.85 (149) |
5.55 (141) |
37.82 (961) |
Famous People from Sand Point
- Gordon Hirabayashi was a very important civil rights leader. He was born on April 23, 1918. His parents were farmers living near Lake Washington in the Sand Point area. During World War II, the United States government forced many Japanese Americans to move to special camps. Gordon Hirabayashi bravely spoke out against this. He believed it was unfair and against the U.S. Constitution. For his courage and work for justice, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. This is one of the highest awards a civilian can get in the United States.
