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Snag has a [[subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] '''Dwc'''/'''Dfc''') with mild summers and severely cold and long winters. |
Snag has a [[subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] '''Dwc'''/'''Dfc''') with mild summers and severely cold and long winters. |
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On February 3, 1947, the record-low temperature for continental North America was recorded in Snag: {{convert|-63.0|C}}.<ref name="climate">{{cite web |publisher = Arizona State University |url = http://wmo.asu.edu/north-america-excluding-greenland-lowest-temperature |title = WMO Region 4 (North America): Lowest Temperature |access-date = April 9, 2015 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090947/http://wmo.asu.edu/north-america-excluding-greenland-lowest-temperature |archive-date = March 4, 2016 }}</ref> That same winter, two previous records had already been surpassed: one in December noted various phenomena, particularly sound such as voices being heard clearly miles from their source.{{citation needed}} There was a clear sky (except for some ice fog), and little to no wind. There were {{convert|38.1|cm|in}} of snow on the ground, but it was decreasing. Another town {{convert|180|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} northeast of Snag, [[Fort Selkirk, Yukon|Fort Selkirk]], claimed an even lower temperature of {{convert|-65.0|C}}, but the claim could not be confirmed.<ref>[http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/almanac/arc2002/alm02feb.htm The Weather Doctor] Keith C. Heidorn ''Weather Almanac for February 2002''</ref> |
On February 3, 1947, the record-low temperature for continental North America was recorded in Snag: {{convert|-63.0|C}}.<ref name="climate">{{cite web |publisher = Arizona State University |url = http://wmo.asu.edu/north-america-excluding-greenland-lowest-temperature |title = WMO Region 4 (North America): Lowest Temperature |access-date = April 9, 2015 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090947/http://wmo.asu.edu/north-america-excluding-greenland-lowest-temperature |archive-date = March 4, 2016 }}</ref> That same winter, two previous records had already been surpassed: one in December noted various phenomena, particularly sound such as voices being heard clearly miles from their source.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} There was a clear sky (except for some ice fog), and little to no wind. There were {{convert|38.1|cm|in}} of snow on the ground, but it was decreasing. Another town {{convert|180|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} northeast of Snag, [[Fort Selkirk, Yukon|Fort Selkirk]], claimed an even lower temperature of {{convert|-65.0|C}}, but the claim could not be confirmed.<ref>[http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/almanac/arc2002/alm02feb.htm The Weather Doctor] Keith C. Heidorn ''Weather Almanac for February 2002''</ref> |
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Vorlage:Use mdy dates Vorlage:Infobox settlement Snag is a village located on a small, dry-weather sideroad off the Alaska Highway, Vorlage:Convert east of Beaver Creek, Yukon, Canada. The village of Snag is located in a bowl-shaped valley of the White River and its tributaries, including Snag Creek. It was first settled during the Klondike Gold Rush. An aboriginal village was also located approximately Vorlage:Convert away. It was the site of a military airfield, established as part of the Northwest Staging Route, which closed in 1968. In 1947, the village of Snag boasted a population of eight to ten First Nation people and fur traders. An additional staff of fifteen to twenty airport personnel — meteorologists, radio operators, aircraft maintenance men — lived at the airport barracks.
Climate
Snag has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dwc/Dfc) with mild summers and severely cold and long winters.
On February 3, 1947, the record-low temperature for continental North America was recorded in Snag: Vorlage:Convert.[1] That same winter, two previous records had already been surpassed: one in December noted various phenomena, particularly sound such as voices being heard clearly miles from their source.Vorlage:Citation needed There was a clear sky (except for some ice fog), and little to no wind. There were Vorlage:Convert of snow on the ground, but it was decreasing. Another town Vorlage:Convert northeast of Snag, Fort Selkirk, claimed an even lower temperature of Vorlage:Convert, but the claim could not be confirmed.[2]
Disappearance of aircraft
On January 26, 1950, a Douglas C-54 Skymaster (tail number 42-72469) of the United States Air Force, with 34 service personnel, 2 civilians and a crew of 8, disappeared on a flight from Alaska to Montana. It was in the vicinity of Snag when last contact was made by radio at 17:09.[3] No wreckage or remains have ever been located.[4]
References
- ↑ WMO Region 4 (North America): Lowest Temperature. Arizona State University, archiviert vom am 4. März 2016; abgerufen am 9. April 2015.
- ↑ The Weather Doctor Keith C. Heidorn Weather Almanac for February 2002
- ↑ Matt Kennebec: Douglas DC-4 C-54D. 2010, abgerufen am 19. Juni 2011.
- ↑ Douglas C-54D-1-DC 42-72469 Snag, YT. In: Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation, abgerufen am 19. Juni 2011.