What places in Alaska are sunny most of the time and rain less and is Alaska a good place for people with asthma?
And how are the people out there?
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ThanksQuestions about Alaska and weather,etc. ?
I have lived in Alaska since I was born. I'm 18 now.
So to your first question - does it rain a lot?
Alaska is a large place and it really depends on where you go. I am from Anchorage, used to live in Cordova for 5 years. It doesn't rain much in Anchorage, which is south-central, and the largest city (Probably the first place you would go if you fly in) but Cordova, AK is only about 150 or so miles east, and it rains over 100 inches a year. Basically, anywhere on the coast is probably going to rain a lot. If you don't like rain, South-East and the Aleutians aren't for you.
2) Is it always dark there?
It depends on how far north-south you are. In Barrow, there is a large chunk of the year in which it is dark 24/7. In the summer, it's sunny 24/7 in most of Alaska for a period. How long it is like that depends on how far north or south you are. In the North, it will be dark for a longer period, and be really light for a longer period. But if you're in Anchorage, it will be light for 24 hours for a few weeks and be light the rest of the time for most of the day in the summer. In the winter, it will get to where there is only about 5 hours of daylight. But you get used to it.
What Places in Alaska Are Sunny?
Interior Alaska is really sunny. Like up in Fairbanks. I have never lived there, but I have heard that it rarely rains. My mom is from Gakona, and went to University in Fairbanks for a couple years, and she says it is pretty sunny and nice. It gets really hot up there, so I assume it is sunny.
Anchorage has been kind of hit and miss - the last couple summers have sucked balls.
South-East is rainy a lot. Many places get over 100 inches of rain in a year. I lived in Cordova, and one winter we had only 3 sunny days - everything else was either snow, rain, or clouds. Sometimes the rain and snow would kind of mix and everything would get icy and slushy, and it would suck balls. But Cordova was fun and a nice place to live regardless.
How is Alaska for Asthma?
No clue, I don't have it, but I have friends with it and they function fine
And how are the people out there?
Not bad! My dad says that people up in Fairbanks get bitter from the cold, but he could be full of crap. I have found that people in rural areas are way nicer than people from Anchorage. Anchorageans or whatever we're called can be ***** sometimes. That's because many are from the lower 48, are not really Alaskans, don't want to be Alaskans, and don't adjust. Not all people are like that, but there are bad apples that really spoil it. My family has lived up here since about 1910. They are some of the nicest people you'll ever meet. In fact, most people out of the city, and most people in the city itself, really are. I've never been to South-East, or Y-K Delta, or Alaska Peninsula, but it's probably similar. It all depends on what you want to do. Many people come up here with prejudices from down south, oppose people who fish and hunt as a way of life, and don't get that that is a part of the lifestyle for many Alaskans. Just another way of thinking, but if you are like that, you'll close a lot of doors with people - always keep your connections open.
In the end, Alaska really has just about everything you would want. You can stay in the big city (Anchorage), go out and live out in the country and live more in tune with the land, go hunting, fishing, boating, flying, whatever you want pretty much. It's a big country, there's a lot to do.
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2 Bedroom Apartment - About 800 dollars last time I looked, but that's been a while and i'm not in the market. I suggest you look at the Anchorage Craigslist.
Gas Prices - It was like 3.27 when I gassed up today. Not cheap, but hey, gas ain't cheap anymore like it used to be.Questions about Alaska and weather,etc. ?
I have visited Alaska a few times in winter. As you get further north day length has greater seasonal extremes. At Barrow, the northernmost town, there are weeks around the summer solstice that the sun never sets, and there are weeks around the winter solstice in which the sun never gets above the horizon. The sun does skim a few degrees below the horizon on winter days, so there is midday twilight. Barrow has a lot of street lighting for such a small town.
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Winters get very cold, but not as much as you might expect. Record low is -53掳F. The ice cold seawater circulating under the ice compensates somewhat for latitude in winter. However, it can get windy, with dangerously low windchill. Summers get above freezing, but not very much. Barrow's rainfall is low enough to be technically a desert. However cloudy days are frequent, and in summer mosquitoes proliferate in ponds that form on the frozen tundra.
In Fairbanks, a few degrees below the arctic circle, the sun sets briefly during the summer solstice. However there is summer midnight twilight. Days are short during the winter. Fairbanks gets less annual precipitation than Salt Lake City, and only slightly more snowfall. However, it seems like more. The snow goes months without melting. The underlying permafrost prevents water from sinking very deeply into the ground. Winters get cold. The record is -62掳F. More typically a winter season might drop to about -40掳F. It takes an investment in clothes. Fairbanks is surrounded by wilderness, but the city is very suburban. Automobile exhaust seems to be especially persistent in the winter cold.
Getting closer to the Gulf of Alaska winter temperatures are less severe. There is more rain.
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