Wrangell, AK

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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 Stikin 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.

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Wrangell, AK

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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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