Tin City (Inupiaq: Tupqaġruk) is an abandoned town except for a nearby minimally staffed radar station, in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is situated at the mouth of Cape Creek, on the Bering Sea coast, 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Cape Prince of Wales on the Seward Peninsula.[1]
Tin City | |
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 Tin City in the 1940s | |
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| Coordinates: 65°33′31″N 167°56′53″W / 65.55861°N 167.94806°W | |
| Population | |
| • Total | 0 |
They also have the nearby Tin City LRRS (Long Range Radar Site) Airport.
History
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Tin ore was discovered on Cape Mountain in July 1902. A mining camp was established at the base of the mountain in 1903 and the Tin City post office was opened in 1904. By 1907 it had a few widely scattered houses and two companies operating out of the village. The post office closed in 1909.[1]
Climate
editTin City has a tundra climate (ET) with short but cool summers and long, bitterly cold winters. Precipitation peaks during August. Snowfall is the heaviest during early winter.
| Climate data for Tin City, Alaska | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 48 (9) |
41 (5) |
38 (3) |
47 (8) |
58 (14) |
74 (23) |
75 (24) |
70 (21) |
64 (18) |
53 (12) |
43 (6) |
40 (4) |
75 (24) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 7.9 (−13.4) |
−0.4 (−18.0) |
4.2 (−15.4) |
13.3 (−10.4) |
30.6 (−0.8) |
42.8 (6.0) |
49.9 (9.9) |
48.9 (9.4) |
43.1 (6.2) |
30.6 (−0.8) |
19.8 (−6.8) |
7.8 (−13.4) |
24.9 (−4.0) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 2.7 (−16.3) |
−5.3 (−20.7) |
−1.0 (−18.3) |
8.5 (−13.1) |
26.8 (−2.9) |
38.5 (3.6) |
45.9 (7.7) |
45.6 (7.6) |
39.8 (4.3) |
27.5 (−2.5) |
15.7 (−9.1) |
3.0 (−16.1) |
20.6 (−6.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | −2.6 (−19.2) |
−10.2 (−23.4) |
−6.1 (−21.2) |
3.6 (−15.8) |
23.0 (−5.0) |
34.2 (1.2) |
41.9 (5.5) |
42.2 (5.7) |
36.5 (2.5) |
24.4 (−4.2) |
11.6 (−11.3) |
−1.8 (−18.8) |
16.4 (−8.7) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −37 (−38) |
−44 (−42) |
−41 (−41) |
−26 (−32) |
−6 (−21) |
21 (−6) |
31 (−1) |
31 (−1) |
21 (−6) |
−4 (−20) |
−18 (−28) |
−42 (−41) |
−44 (−42) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.56 (14) |
0.29 (7.4) |
0.37 (9.4) |
0.41 (10) |
0.33 (8.4) |
0.65 (17) |
1.80 (46) |
2.41 (61) |
1.49 (38) |
1.87 (47) |
1.52 (39) |
0.50 (13) |
12.2 (310.2) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 5.7 (14) |
2.5 (6.4) |
3.4 (8.6) |
4.0 (10) |
2.4 (6.1) |
0.7 (1.8) |
0.2 (0.51) |
0.3 (0.76) |
1.7 (4.3) |
13.6 (35) |
14.6 (37) |
5.1 (13) |
54.2 (137.47) |
| Source: WRCC [2] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Tin City". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
- ^ Tin City, Alaska - Period of Record : 7/1/1953 to 1/31/1985 Archived May 9, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
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