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 | |
| 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
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
Tin 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 | |||||||||||||
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| 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] | |||||||||||||