Alaska’s climate and land


Area: 591,004 square miles (1,530,700) sq. km including 20,171 sq. mi. [52,243 km] of inland water.
Elevation:highest-Mount McKinley, 20,320 ft. (6,194 m) above sea level. Lowest -sea level.
Coastline: 6,640 mi.(10,686 km.)
Record high temperature:100°F.(38°C) at Fort Yukon on June 27, 1915.
Record of low temperature:-80°F (38°C) at Prospect Creek, near Stevens Village, on Jan. 23, 1971.
Average July temperature: 55°F (13°C).
Average January temperature:5°F (-13°C).
Average yearly precipitation:55 in. (140 cm).


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