Editing Point Lay, Alaska (section)

==Geography and climate==
Point Lay is located on the shores of the [[Chukchi Sea]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|34.5|sqmi|km2}}, of which, {{convert|30.5|sqmi|km2}} of it is land and {{convert|4.0|sqmi|km2}} of it (11.66%) is water.

Point Lay once was on a barrier island of [[Kasegaluk Lagoon]], but moved to the mainland near the mouth of the [[Kokolik River]] during the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://appropriations.senate.gov/hearmarkups/record.cfm?id%3D223525 |title=U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations |access-date=October 24, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025211612/http://appropriations.senate.gov/hearmarkups/record.cfm?id=223525 |archive-date=October 25, 2006 }}</ref>  A weather station was operated from October 1949 to March 1958.

Apart from its landmass that is in mainland Alaska, it also consists two peninsulas that are found on its most northwestern side.

Point Lay has a tundra climate (Koppen ET) with long, very cold winters and short, cool to mild summers.

{{Weather box
|collapsed = yes
|single line= yes
|location= Point Lay (1949-1958)
|Jan high F=-3.7
|Feb high F=-15.3
|Mar high F=-7.4
|Apr high F=11.7
|May high F=29.6
|Jun high F=44.3
|Jul high F=51.6
|Aug high F=50.8
|Sep high F=39.9
|Oct high F=25.4
|Nov high F=10.0
|Dec high F=-6.0
|Jan low F=-20.2
|Feb low F=-30.5
|Mar low F=-22.4
|Apr low F=-4.5
|May low F=17.7
|Jun low F=32.7
|Jul low F=38.5
|Aug low F=38.9
|Sep low F=31.3
|Oct low F=15.2
|Nov low F=-2.3
|Dec low F=-19.6
|Jan precipitation inch=0.17
|Feb precipitation inch=0.03
|Mar precipitation inch=0.10
|Apr precipitation inch=0.17
|May precipitation inch=0.05
|Jun precipitation inch=0.31
|Jul precipitation inch=1.67
|Aug precipitation inch=1.78
|Sep precipitation inch=0.72
|Oct precipitation inch=0.42
|Nov precipitation inch=0.15
|Dec precipitation inch=0.12
|source=http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ak7442
}}