Wevok, Alaska
Unincorporated area in Alaska, United States
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Wevok (Iñupiaq: Uivvaq) is a former Iñupiat village in the western part of North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.
Wevok, Alaska | |
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Wildflowers on Cape Lisburne | |
  Wevok, Alaska Location within the state of Alaska | |
| Coordinates: 68°52′19″N 166°5′25″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | North Slope |
| Government | |
| • Borough mayor | Harry K. Brower, Jr. |
| • State senator | Donny Olson (D) |
| • State rep. | John Lincoln (I) |
| Elevation | 56 ft (17 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-9 (Alaska (AKST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-8 (AKDT) |
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
Climate
Wevok has a weather station at nearby Cape Lisburne. Wevok's climate is a tundra climate (Köppen ET), 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] | |||||||||||||