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Hawley Lake is a lake and place in east-central Arizona, in the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation, and has an elevation of .〔(Hawley Lake ) Retrieved on August 13, 2007.〕 The lake is a remnant of Pliocene volcanism on the Mogollon Rim〔Merrill, Robert K. and Péwé, Troy L.; “Late Quaternary Glacial Chronology of the White Mountains, East-Central Arizona”; in ''The Journal of Geology'' Vol. 80, No. 4 (Jul., 1972), pp. 493-501〕 but it has been artificially extended as a reservoir for downstream irrigation plus trout and ice fishing (though an $9 tribal licence is required to fish on the reservation). Its popularity as a recreational area is enhanced by a nearby ski resort. ==Climate== Owing to its high altitude, Hawley Lake has a humid continental climate (Köppen ''Dfb'') and stands as one of the coldest and wettest places in Arizona. Lake-effect snow gives it much heavier snowfall than nearby towns like Alpine and in March 1973 snowfall was as high as . Rainfall from July to September is also high, though not exceptional compared to many parts of southeastern Arizona. Hawley Lake holds the all time record low temperature in Arizona history with −40 °F (−40 °C) recorded on January 7, 1971. It also holds the record for most precipitation in a calendar year in Arizona with in 1978 – much of that being snow.〔(Most Precipitation in Calendar Year by State )〕
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