The North Pole plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.
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−49° on Nov. 17, 2011, the coldest reading for this week of the year since 1968. Next is −46° in 1969.
North Pole’s center stands about 490 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 470 ft to 520 ft, a difference of 50 ft: nearly flat ground. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Tungsten Hill, about 1,930 ft, 15 miles north-northwest.
Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 25×.
Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR.
North Pole has a subarctic climate. Summer afternoons average 73° in July; winter nights fall to about −16° in January. A normal year brings about 54 inches of snow; with the rain, that comes to about 13 inches of water.
On November 14 North Pole normally reaches 10° and falls to −4°. The record high is 41°, in 2013; the record low −41°, in 1973. The most rain on this date, 0.30 in, fell in 1987.
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1968 at North Pole, here. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
