Wrangell, AK

The Russians founded the town when they arrived in 1834 and built a stockade they called Redoubt St. Dionysius. The town's purpose then was to prevent encroachment by the Hudson's Bay traders working their way down the Stikine River. Wrangell thrived as an important supply center for fur traders and later for gold miners, who used the Stikine River to reach gold rushes in both British Columbia and the Klondike fields in the Yukon. Today, the town is still considered colorful by Southeast residents, but for different reasons. Wrangell is a proud, traditional and sometimes stubborn community that clings to age-old Alaskan beliefs of independence from excess government and of using the land and natural resources to earn a living.

Language: English
Currency: US dollar (US$)

Wrangell, AK Weather
Temperature (Fahrenheit)
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
High 33 38 42 49 56 62 64 64 58 50 41 36
Low 23 27 31 35 41 43 49 49 45 39 32 27
Average 28 32 36 42 48 53 56 56 51 44 36 31
Temperature (Celsius)
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
High 1 3 6 9 13 17 18 18 14 10 5 2
Low -5 -3 -1 2 5 6 9 9 7 4 0 -3
Average -2 0 2 6 9 12 13 13 11 7 2 -1
Precipitation
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Inches 6 6 5 5 4 4 5 6 9 13 9 8
Centimeters 15 15 13 13 10 10 13 15 23 33 23 20


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