The Talkeetna 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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−41° on Nov. 17, 1956, the coldest reading for this week of the year since 1918. Next is −26° in 1918.
Talkeetna’s center stands about 670 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 570 ft to 2,110 ft, a difference of 1,540 ft: steep hill country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Bald Mountain, about 3,610 ft, 5 miles east.
Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 6×.
Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR.
Talkeetna has a subarctic climate. Summer afternoons average 69° in July; winter nights fall to about 5° in January. About 26 inches of rain fall in a normal year.
On November 14 Talkeetna normally reaches 28° and falls to 13°. The record high is 45°, in 1976; the record low −20°, in 1918. The most rain on this date, 0.48 in, fell in 1965.
Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1918 from the Talkeetna Area threaded record (Talkeetna Airport, 6 miles west, 320 ft lower). NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
