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Goldstream, Alaska
Khudodleeneek'a
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Location within Fairbanks North Star Borough and the state of Alaska
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| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | Fairbanks North Star |
| Area | |
| • Total | 86.04 sq mi (222.83 km2) |
| • Land | 86.00 sq mi (222.74 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.10 km2) |
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 3,299 |
| • Density | 38.36/sq mi (14.81/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-9 (Alaska (AKST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-8 (AKDT) |
| FIPS code | 02-29130 |
Goldstream, Alaska (colloquially the Goldstream Valley) (Lower Tanana: Khudodleeneek'a) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Alaska, United States. It is part of the Fairbanks, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,557 (31st place in the list of cities and census-designated places of Alaska).
Contents
Geography
Climate
| Climate data for Goldstream Creek, Alaska, 1991–2020 normals, 2009–2024 extremes: 577ft (176m) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 40 (4) |
38 (3) |
54 (12) |
69 (21) |
85 (29) |
90 (32) |
87 (31) |
90 (32) |
73 (23) |
66 (19) |
44 (7) |
39 (4) |
90 (32) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 26.6 (−3.0) |
29.4 (−1.4) |
41.7 (5.4) |
57.5 (14.2) |
76.6 (24.8) |
82.4 (28.0) |
83.1 (28.4) |
78.9 (26.1) |
67.2 (19.6) |
52.9 (11.6) |
30.6 (−0.8) |
28.2 (−2.1) |
79.0 (26.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | −2.3 (−19.1) |
10.0 (−12.2) |
24.2 (−4.3) |
44.1 (6.7) |
59.9 (15.5) |
69.8 (21.0) |
70.7 (21.5) |
64.0 (17.8) |
53.0 (11.7) |
32.4 (0.2) |
9.2 (−12.7) |
1.4 (−17.0) |
36.4 (2.4) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | −10.4 (−23.6) |
−1.1 (−18.4) |
7.8 (−13.4) |
28.9 (−1.7) |
44.5 (6.9) |
55.3 (12.9) |
57.5 (14.2) |
51.5 (10.8) |
40.7 (4.8) |
22.7 (−5.2) |
0.9 (−17.3) |
−6.6 (−21.4) |
24.3 (−4.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | −18.5 (−28.1) |
−12.2 (−24.6) |
−8.7 (−22.6) |
13.7 (−10.2) |
29.0 (−1.7) |
40.8 (4.9) |
44.3 (6.8) |
39.0 (3.9) |
28.4 (−2.0) |
13.0 (−10.6) |
−7.4 (−21.9) |
−14.5 (−25.8) |
12.2 (−11.0) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −42.0 (−41.1) |
−39.1 (−39.5) |
−33.1 (−36.2) |
−9.9 (−23.3) |
18.6 (−7.4) |
29.2 (−1.6) |
33.2 (0.7) |
28.4 (−2.0) |
15.4 (−9.2) |
−5.1 (−20.6) |
−28.1 (−33.4) |
−35.3 (−37.4) |
−44.2 (−42.3) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −55 (−48) |
−53 (−47) |
−45 (−43) |
−35 (−37) |
10 (−12) |
23 (−5) |
27 (−3) |
23 (−5) |
−1 (−18) |
−17 (−27) |
−40 (−40) |
−47 (−44) |
−55 (−48) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.64 (16) |
0.51 (13) |
0.45 (11) |
0.36 (9.1) |
0.71 (18) |
1.99 (51) |
2.74 (70) |
2.87 (73) |
1.61 (41) |
0.87 (22) |
0.95 (24) |
0.59 (15) |
14.29 (363.1) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 6.4 (16) |
12.7 (32) |
7.0 (18) |
4.1 (10) |
0.2 (0.51) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
1.8 (4.6) |
4.7 (12) |
13.7 (35) |
13.6 (35) |
64.2 (163.11) |
| Source 1: NOAA | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: XMACIS2 (records, monthly max/mins & 2010-2023 snowfall) | |||||||||||||
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 2020 | 3,299 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census | |||
As of the census of 2010, there were 3,557 people, 1,579 households, and 884 families residing in the CDP. There were 1,837 housing units. The racial makeup of the CDP was 89% White, 0.6% Black or African American, 3.4% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.7% from other races, and 5.5% from two or more races. 2.5% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
See also
In Spanish: Goldstream (Alaska) para niños
