Editing Unalakleet, Alaska (section)

==Geography and climate==
[[File:Iditarod National Historic Trail between Kaltag and Unalakleet.jpg|thumb|Images taken near Unalakleet show very few trees, reflecting the subarctic and polar boundaries.]]
Unalakleet is located at {{Coord|63|52|44|N|160|47|23|W|type:city}} (63.878907, −160.789680).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

Unalakleet is located on the [[Norton Sound]] of the [[Bering Sea]] at the mouth of the [[Unalakleet River]], {{convert|148|mi|km}} southeast of [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]] and {{convert|395|mi|km}} northwest of Anchorage. Unalakleet has a [[subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Koppen]]: ''Dfc'') with considerable maritime influences. Winters are cold and dry. Average summer temperatures range {{convert|47|to|62|F|C}}; winter temperatures range from {{convert|-40|to|11|F|C}}. Precipitation averages {{convert|14|in|mm}} annually, with {{convert|41|in|cm}} of snow.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|5.1|sqmi|km2}}, of which, {{convert|2.9|sqmi|km2}} of it is land and {{convert|2.3|sqmi|km2}} of it (44.25%) is water.

{{Weather box
|collapsed = Y
|location = Unalakleet (1961–1990 normals, extremes 1941&ndash;1998)
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 47
|Feb record high F = 46
|Mar record high F = 47
|Apr record high F = 62
|May record high F = 78
|Jun record high F = 86
|Jul record high F = 87
|Aug record high F = 85
|Sep record high F = 75
|Oct record high F = 60
|Nov record high F = 48
|Dec record high F = 43
|year record high F = 87
|Jan avg record high F = 34.5
|Feb avg record high F = 31.8
|Mar avg record high F = 36.5
|Apr avg record high F = 45.5
|May avg record high F = 63.0
|Jun avg record high F = 69.0
|Jul avg record high F = 75.2
|Aug avg record high F = 72.9
|Sep avg record high F = 64.0
|Oct avg record high F = 47.2
|Nov avg record high F = 36.2
|Dec avg record high F = 35.2
|year avg record high F = 77.8
|Jan high F = 11.0
|Feb high F = 11.0
|Mar high F = 18.9
|Apr high F = 29.5
|May high F = 45.6
|Jun high F = 54.2
|Jul high F = 61.2
|Aug high F = 59.9
|Sep high F = 51.4
|Oct high F = 33.0
|Nov high F = 19.4
|Dec high F = 12.2
|year high F = 33.9
|Jan mean F = 4.9
|Feb mean F = 3.3
|Mar mean F = 10.9
|Apr mean F = 21.3
|May mean F = 38.4
|Jun mean F = 47.9
|Jul mean F = 54.8
|Aug mean F = 53.1
|Sep mean F = 44.2
|Oct mean F = 27.0
|Nov mean F = 13.5
|Dec mean F = 5.7
|year mean F = 27.1
|Jan low F = -1.3
|Feb low F = -4.4
|Mar low F = 2.9
|Apr low F = 13.2
|May low F = 31.1
|Jun low F = 41.4
|Jul low F = 48.5
|Aug low F = 46.3
|Sep low F = 37.0
|Oct low F = 21.0
|Nov low F = 7.5
|Dec low F = -0.8
|year low F = 20.2
|Jan avg record low F = -30.1
|Feb avg record low F = -32.5
|Mar avg record low F = -25.0
|Apr avg record low F = -10.6
|May avg record low F = 16.6
|Jun avg record low F = 31.9
|Jul avg record low F = 39.0
|Aug avg record low F = 35.3
|Sep avg record low F = 24.1
|Oct avg record low F = 0.9
|Nov avg record low F = -16.3
|Dec avg record low F = -29.9
|year avg record low F = -40.8
|Jan record low F = -59
|Feb record low F = -50
|Mar record low F = -50
|Apr record low F = -32
|May record low F = -11
|Jun record low F = 25
|Jul record low F = 32
|Aug record low F = 28
|Sep record low F = 6
|Oct record low F = -20
|Nov record low F = -47
|Dec record low F = -52
|year record low F = -59
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.69
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.51
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.70
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.63
|May precipitation inch = 0.87
|Jun precipitation inch = 1.35
|Jul precipitation inch = 2.28
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.04
|Sep precipitation inch = 2.28
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.24
|Nov precipitation inch = 1.09
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.91
|year precipitation inch = 15.59
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 inch
|Jan precipitation days = 7.6
|Feb precipitation days = 6.6
|Mar precipitation days = 8.5
|Apr precipitation days = 7.8
|May precipitation days = 7.7
|Jun precipitation days = 10.2
|Jul precipitation days = 13.5
|Aug precipitation days = 15.9
|Sep precipitation days = 13.4
|Oct precipitation days = 10.7
|Nov precipitation days = 10.0
|Dec precipitation days = 9.3
|year precipitation days = 121.2
|Jan snow inch = 4.5
|Feb snow inch = 3.6
|Mar snow inch = 5.3
|Apr snow inch = 3.6
|May snow inch = 1.5
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.2
|Oct snow inch = 3.0
|Nov snow inch = 6.4
|Dec snow inch = 5.4
|year snow inch = 33.5
|unit snow days = 0.01 inch
|Jan snow days = 6.8
|Feb snow days = 5.8
|Mar snow days = 7.5
|Apr snow days = 6.0
|May snow days = 1.8
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.2
|Oct snow days = 5.5
|Nov snow days = 8.6
|Dec snow days = 8.3
|year snow days = 50.5
|source 1 = [[Western Regional Climate Center|WRCC]]<ref>{{Cite web
|url = https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliNORMNCDC.pl?ak9564
|title = NCDC 1961–1990 Monthly Normals, UNALAKLEET FLD, ALASKA (509564) 
|publisher = [[Western Regional Climate Center]]
|date = January 27, 2024
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240127054659/https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliNORMNCDC.pl?ak9564
|archive-date = January 27, 2024}}</ref>
|source 2 = XMACIS (snowfall)<ref>[https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/ XMACIS]</ref>
}}