Chandalar, Alaska facts for kids
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Chandalar, Alaska
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| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Census Area | Yukon-Koyukuk |
| Elevation | 1,873 ft (571 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-9 (Alaska (AKST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-8 (AKDT) |
| Area code(s) | 907 |
Chandalar is an unincorporated community in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska.
Chandalar is located on the eastern shore of Chandalar Lake by Chandalar Lake Airport, about 200 miles north of Fairbanks, and is at an elevation of 1,873 feet. It succeeded an earlier community (or communities) by that name (see History). The present Chandalar has never formally reported a population on the U.S. Census.
The community is served by the Chandalar Lake Airport and is not accessible by road. It was featured in the National Geographic show Life Below Zero.
Contents
Climate
Chandalar has a continental subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc).
| Climate data for Chandalar | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °F (°C) | -4.1 (-20.06) |
0.1 (-17.72) |
12.8 (-10.67) |
30.3 (-0.94) |
50.2 (10.11) |
65.0 (18.33) |
68.2 (20.11) |
61.0 (16.11) |
47.0 (8.33) |
24.5 (-4.17) |
5.0 (-15) |
-0.3 (-17.94) |
30.0 (-1.11) |
| Average low °F (°C) | -25.0 (-31.67) |
-23.7 (-30.94) |
-16.6 (-27) |
0.0 (-17.78) |
24.6 (-4.11) |
39.1 (3.94) |
41.9 (5.5) |
35.1 (1.72) |
25.4 (-3.67) |
6.8 (-14) |
-15.0 (-26.11) |
-21.3 (-29.61) |
6.0 (-14.44) |
| Precipitation inches (mm) | 0.43 (10.9) |
0.38 (9.7) |
0.34 (8.6) |
0.21 (5.3) |
0.56 (14.2) |
1.28 (32.5) |
1.52 (38.6) |
1.67 (42.4) |
1.22 (31) |
0.75 (19.1) |
0.4 (10) |
0.49 (12.4) |
9.24 (234.7) |
| Snowfall inches (cm) | 6.7 (17) |
6.1 (15.5) |
4.3 (10.9) |
3.8 (9.7) |
0.8 (2) |
0 (0) |
0.1 (0.3) |
0 (0) |
1.6 (4.1) |
8.4 (21.3) |
6.4 (16.3) |
7.1 (18) |
45.2 (114.8) |
Demographics
(Old) Chandalar
| Historical population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1920 | 32 | — | |
| 1930 | 62 | 93.8% | |
| 1940 | 0 | −100.0% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census | |||
Chandalar first appeared on the 1920 U.S. Census and again in 1930 as an unincorporated village. It reported "no population" in 1940 and did not appear on the census again under that name. As stated under "history", it is unclear if this Chandalar is the former mining camp at Little Squaw Creek or if it was the present day Venetie.
New Chandalar
The new settlement that sprang up around the Chandalar Lake Airstrip has never formally reported a population to date, as of the 2010 Census. However it has a population of about 5.
