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Wevok, Alaska
Wildflowers on Cape Lisburne
Wildflowers on Cape Lisburne
Wevok, Alaska is located in Alaska
Wevok, Alaska
Wevok, Alaska
Location in Alaska
Country United States
State Alaska
Borough North Slope
Elevation
56 ft (17 m)
Time zone UTC-9 (Alaska (AKST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-8 (AKDT)

Wevok (Iñupiaq: Uivvaq) is a former Iñupiat village in the western part of North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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).

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1880 13
U.S. Decennial Census

Wevok appeared once on the 1880 U.S. Census as "Cape Lisburne", an unincorporated Inuit village of 13 residents (all Inuit). The village did not report again on the census.

Climate

Wevok has a weather station at nearby Cape Lisburne. Wevok's climate is tundra climate (Köppen Dfc), 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
Source 2: XMACIS (snowfall)
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