Wevok, Alaska
Wevok, Alaska | |
|---|---|
 Wildflowers on Cape Lisburne | |
  Wevok, Alaska Location within the state of Alaska | |
| Coordinates: 68°52′19″N 166°5′25″W / 68.87194°N 166.09028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | North Slope |
| Government | |
| • Borough mayor | Harry K. Brower, Jr. |
| • State senator | Donny Olson (D) |
| • State rep. | Dean Westlake (D) |
| Elevation | 56 ft (17 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-9 (Alaska (AKST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-8 (AKDT) |
Wevok (Iñupiaq: Uivvaq) is a former Iñupiat village in the western part of North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.
Its name is derived from the Iñupiat name of Cape Lisburne, which is 5 km (3.1 mi) to the west. Its maximum elevation is 17 m (56 ft).[1]
Demographics[edit]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 13 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[2] | |||
Wevok appeared once on the 1880 U.S. Census as "Cape Lisburne", an unincorporated Inuit village of 13 residents (all Inuit).[3] The village did not report again on the census.
Climate[edit]
Wevok has a weather station at nearby Cape Lisburne. Wevok's climate is tundra climate (Köppen Dfc) , as the average temperature in the hottest month is only around 45 °F (7 °C). Due to the influence of the Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea, the coldest months of the year are usually from February to March, and the warmest time of the year is from the end of July to the beginning of August.
| Climate data for Cape Lisburne (1961–1990 normals, extremes 1954–1984) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 41 (5) |
45 (7) |
44 (7) |
46 (8) |
54 (12) |
65 (18) |
73 (23) |
74 (23) |
64 (18) |
57 (14) |
42 (6) |
47 (8) |
74 (23) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 34.2 (1.2) |
22.4 (−5.3) |
26.1 (−3.3) |
32.3 (0.2) |
45.8 (7.7) |
58.1 (14.5) |
65.5 (18.6) |
62.1 (16.7) |
52.0 (11.1) |
40.1 (4.5) |
34.3 (1.3) |
29.7 (−1.3) |
66.6 (19.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 3.8 (−15.7) |
−3.1 (−19.5) |
−0.7 (−18.2) |
10.4 (−12.0) |
29.4 (−1.4) |
42.4 (5.8) |
49.4 (9.7) |
48.5 (9.2) |
40.0 (4.4) |
26.5 (−3.1) |
13.4 (−10.3) |
4.4 (−15.3) |
22.2 (−5.4) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | −0.7 (−18.2) |
−8.7 (−22.6) |
−6.0 (−21.1) |
4.7 (−15.2) |
25.4 (−3.7) |
37.9 (3.3) |
45.3 (7.4) |
45.2 (7.3) |
37.5 (3.1) |
22.7 (−5.2) |
10.0 (−12.2) |
−0.8 (−18.2) |
17.7 (−7.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | −6.9 (−21.6) |
−13.0 (−25.0) |
−10.5 (−23.6) |
-0.0 (−17.8) |
20.6 (−6.3) |
33.4 (0.8) |
40.5 (4.7) |
41.4 (5.2) |
34.4 (1.3) |
20.1 (−6.6) |
5.5 (−14.7) |
−4.5 (−20.3) |
13.5 (−10.3) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −28.1 (−33.4) |
−29.7 (−34.3) |
−27.2 (−32.9) |
−15.0 (−26.1) |
7.4 (−13.7) |
26.1 (−3.3) |
32.1 (0.1) |
34.1 (1.2) |
25.4 (−3.7) |
2.9 (−16.2) |
−12.4 (−24.7) |
−22.1 (−30.1) |
−33.2 (−36.2) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −42 (−41) |
−47 (−44) |
−39 (−39) |
−26 (−32) |
−11 (−24) |
20 (−7) |
29 (−2) |
29 (−2) |
15 (−9) |
−14 (−26) |
−23 (−31) |
−40 (−40) |
−47 (−44) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.44 (11) |
0.27 (6.9) |
0.23 (5.8) |
0.34 (8.6) |
0.38 (9.7) |
0.70 (18) |
1.82 (46) |
2.25 (57) |
1.81 (46) |
1.13 (29) |
0.64 (16) |
0.33 (8.4) |
10.33 (262) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 4.4 (11) |
2.4 (6.1) |
2.2 (5.6) |
3.6 (9.1) |
2.0 (5.1) |
0.8 (2.0) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0.2 (0.51) |
2.8 (7.1) |
9.0 (23) |
6.5 (17) |
2.9 (7.4) |
36.9 (94) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 inch) | 8.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 11.2 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.7 | 9.7 | 6.1 | 106.7 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 inch) | 8.8 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 7.7 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 12.8 | 10.1 | 6.7 | 66.2 |
| Source 1: WRCC[4] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: XMACIS (snowfall)[5] | |||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Wevok, Alaska". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
- ^ "Statistics of the Population of Alaska" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1880.
- ^ "1961-1990 Monthly Climate Summary, CAPE LISBURNE, ALASKA (501312)". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 2024-02-01. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
- ^ XMACIS
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