Yakutat, Alaska
The City and Borough of Yakutat[1] (/ˈjækətæt/, YAK-ə-tat)[2] (Tlingit: Yaakwdáat) is a borough[3] in the U.S. state of Alaska.
As of the 2020 census, the population was 662.[4]
Geography
Yakutat has a total area of 103 square miles.
Climate
Yakutat has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfc), but with very high precipitation, no permafrost and temperate rainforests. It rivals Ketchikan as the wettest "city" in the United States, with a yearly precipitation (1991−2020 normals) of 140 inches (3.56 m), which falls on 240 days of the year, including 150 inches (4 m) of snow, almost all of it falling from November through April, that occurs on 64 days every year. (However, with a yearly precipitation of 197.8 inches (5.02 m), the city of Whittier has more yearly precipitation than both Yakutat and Ketchikan, which makes it the wettest city in Alaska and the United States, and Yakutat and Ketchikan the second- and third-wettest cities in Alaska, respectively.[5])
Yakutat, Alaska Media
Approaching Yakutat on the Alaska Marine Highway, June 2012
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A locomotive of the Yakutat and Southern Railway Co. in Yakutat, September 1, 1907
Icebergs in Yakutat Bay
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References
- ↑ "The Home Rule Charter of the City and Borough of Yakutat" (PDF). Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. Retrieved May 4, 2012.[dead link]
- ↑ "Yakutat". Division of Community and Regional Affairs, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ↑ "Alaska Taxable 2011: Municipal Taxation - Rates and Policies" (PDF). Division of Community and Regional Affairs, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. January 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-25.
- ↑ "QuickFacts: Yakutat city and borough, Alaska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
- ↑ "Whittier – Comprehensive Plan Update 2005" (PDF). September 26, 2005. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-21.
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