Nerka Lake
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History
[edit]So named in 1910 by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) because the lake is a great spawning ground of the red or blueback salmon (Nerka). The Eskimo name of the lake, "Agulukpak," meaning "big aguluk," was obtained in 1898 as "Agouloukpak" from A. Mittendorf, a local trader, by J. E. Spurr and W. S. Post, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). This is probably the same lake called "Pamiek" by Captain M. D. Tebenkov (1852, map 4), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).
| Nerka Lake | |
|---|---|
  Nerka Lake | |
| Location | Dillingham Census Area, Alaska |
| Coordinates | 59°33′34″N 159°01′27″W / 59.55944°N 159.02417°W |
| Type | lake |
Nerka Lake is a lake in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska. In August 2010, a bush plane left from a fishing lodge on the lake and crashed nearby. The crash killed former Senator Ted Stevens and injured former NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe and his son.[1][2]
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Nerka Lake, Alaska | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 41 (5) |
47 (8) |
48 (9) |
67 (19) |
70 (21) |
94 (34) |
87 (31) |
80 (27) |
73 (23) |
56 (13) |
46 (8) |
41 (5) |
94 (34) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 17.0 (−8.3) |
17.2 (−8.2) |
30.1 (−1.1) |
38.7 (3.7) |
47.7 (8.7) |
61.4 (16.3) |
65.6 (18.7) |
62.2 (16.8) |
54.1 (12.3) |
40.6 (4.8) |
30.4 (−0.9) |
13.8 (−10.1) |
39.9 (4.4) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 8.1 (−13.3) |
6.0 (−14.4) |
20.0 (−6.7) |
29.0 (−1.7) |
39.2 (4.0) |
51.0 (10.6) |
56.1 (13.4) |
54.2 (12.3) |
46.4 (8.0) |
33.7 (0.9) |
24.3 (−4.3) |
5.8 (−14.6) |
31.2 (−0.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | −0.8 (−18.2) |
−5.3 (−20.7) |
9.8 (−12.3) |
19.3 (−7.1) |
30.6 (−0.8) |
40.6 (4.8) |
46.5 (8.1) |
46.2 (7.9) |
38.6 (3.7) |
26.8 (−2.9) |
18.2 (−7.7) |
−2.3 (−19.1) |
22.3 (−5.4) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −49 (−45) |
−47 (−44) |
−43 (−42) |
−19 (−28) |
7 (−14) |
28 (−2) |
33 (1) |
29 (−2) |
19 (−7) |
−1 (−18) |
−20 (−29) |
−36 (−38) |
−49 (−45) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 5.10 (130) |
3.87 (98) |
3.65 (93) |
2.59 (66) |
4.71 (120) |
4.05 (103) |
5.16 (131) |
6.98 (177) |
7.08 (180) |
6.01 (153) |
6.13 (156) |
2.64 (67) |
57.97 (1,474) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 36.3 (92) |
41.9 (106) |
21.7 (55) |
13.3 (34) |
1.0 (2.5) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.1 (0.25) |
3.5 (8.9) |
23.9 (61) |
26.3 (67) |
168 (426.65) |
| Source: WRCC [3] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ ""Ex-Nasa head and Stevens feared on crashed Alaska plane" - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. 2004-12-14. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
- ^ "NTSB launches team to investigate aircraft accident in Alaska". NTSB. 10 August 2010.
- ^ Nerka Lake, Alaska - Period of Record : 1/9/1952 to 5/31/1965 Archived 2007-03-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
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