Rate the climate: Prospect Creek, Alaska (not a city) (snowfall, warm, recorded)

[It is 57 below zero]

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospect_...Alaska#Climate

This is not a currently inhabited place right now, but what letter grade would you give the climate, and would you live there if it was a big city?

[ABrandNewWorld]

F- with no redeeming qualities what so ever.
There is a reason why they don't build "big cities" on tundras.

[alex985]

Originally Posted by ABrandNewWorld

F- with no redeeming qualities what so ever.
There is a reason why they don't build "big cities" on tundras.

Prospect Creek isn't on tundra. It's a boreal biome.


Anyway, Yakutsk is a big city with far colder winters.



I give this city an A for climate, btw. Would be an A+ if it got more precipitation and thunderstorms in summer.

[Shalop]

A.

Great temps; also great snowfall and precip totals. Could stand to be colder in winter in order to get the A+.

I sure as hell would love to live there if there was a city there. It's similar to Chicken or Northway or Fort Yukon, some of my favorite Alaskan climates.

[Ethereal]

E-

Too cold, save for the "summers". July is good though. Springlike and pleasant.

I still prefer my Prospect though (Sydney suburb).

[AccidentalGenius]

Hell no! Too cold to be outside year-round.

[wawa1992]

52% / F+. It's just too cold year round, especially at night.

[Crunch41]

Snow depth stats here: PROSPECT CREEK, ALASKA - Climate Summary

Looking on the data there:
In January 1971, the month it recorded the US record of -79.8F/-62.1C. The high that day was -64F/-53.3C and there was a snow depth of 56"/142cm...the month average was -43.4F (-41.9C).

January 1977 averaged +8.7F/-12.9C, more than 50 degrees warmer! They might have seen a warmer month in recent years, but I only found data from 1970-1980. '

I give it a D+. Summers are too short but comfortable. I like that it's still snowy unlike some other places with winters that cold. But the winters are too cold.

[It is 57 below zero]

Originally Posted by alex985

Prospect Creek isn't on tundra. It's a boreal biome.


Anyway, Yakutsk is a big city with far colder winters.



I give this city an A for climate, btw. Would be an A+ if it got more precipitation and thunderstorms in summer.

Just to point out, with the exception of precipitation and heavy snow, this climate, temperature-wise, is close to that of your dream climate.

[Wario Toad 32]

It would be interesting