Editing Red Dog Mine, Alaska (section)

==Geography==
Red Dog Mine is located at {{coord|68.071989|-162.876044|type:city_region:US-AK|format=dms|display=i}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is in the DeLong Mountains in the remote western [[Brooks Range]] about {{convert|90|mi|km}} north of [[Kotzebue, Alaska|Kotzebue]] and {{convert|55|mi|km}} from the [[Chukchi Sea]].

Red Dog Mine is very isolated. It is located within the Northwest Arctic Borough, an area approximately the size of Indiana with only 11 communities, none connected by roads, with a total population of only 7,523 people at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]]. The nearest of those communities are Noatak, population 514, roughly {{convert|50|mi|km|-1}} south and Kivalina, population 374, roughly {{convert|60|mi|km|-1}} west at the 2010 census.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>

Although native populations have historically used the nearby area for seasonal food-gathering, there are no permanent residents at the mine or the port site. The mine's workforce consists of about 460 employees and contractors, of which somewhat more than half will be on-site at any given time. At the mine, everyone stays in the single large housing unit, tucked in among the process buildings near the edge of the open pit, while a small portion of the work force stays at the port site.<ref>Operation and Site Performance 2006, Red Dog Mine, Teck Cominco Ltd.</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|66.9|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

===Climate===
The climate type of Red Dog Mine belongs to the [[subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Dwc''), which is mainly characterized by cold and long winters and warm and short summers. June and July are the warmest months of the year and the only months with average temperatures above {{convert|50|F}}. In midsummer, daytime temperatures average around {{convert|61|F}}, while in winter, nighttime temperatures average around {{convert|0|F}}. In summer, there are 13 days with highs of {{convert|70|F}} each year; in winter, there are 76 days with lows below {{convert|0|F}}. Temperature extremes ranged from {{convert|-43|F}} on February 1, 2012, to {{convert|87|F}} on June 19, 2013.
{{Weather box
|collapsed =
|location = Red Dog Mine, Alaska (2006&ndash;2020 normals, extremes 2010&ndash;present)
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 47
|Feb record high F = 38
|Mar record high F = 37
|Apr record high F = 52
|May record high F = 80
|Jun record high F = 87
|Jul record high F = 85
|Aug record high F = 84
|Sep record high F = 65
|Oct record high F = 60
|Nov record high F = 41
|Dec record high F = 39
|year record high F = 87
|Jan high F = 11.7
|Feb high F = 13.0
|Mar high F = 13.3
|Apr high F = 26.4
|May high F = 44.8
|Jun high F = 61.0
|Jul high F = 61.4
|Aug high F = 55.7
|Sep high F = 45.6
|Oct high F = 31.5
|Nov high F = 18.4
|Dec high F = 11.7
|year high F = 32.9
|Jan mean F = 5.6
|Feb mean F = 6.2
|Mar mean F = 6.6
|Apr mean F = 19.8
|May mean F = 37.1
|Jun mean F = 51.0
|Jul mean F = 53.1
|Aug mean F = 48.5
|Sep mean F = 39.1
|Oct mean F = 26.6
|Nov mean F = 13.1
|Dec mean F = 5.6
|year mean F = 26.0
|Jan low F = -0.5
|Feb low F = -0.6
|Mar low F = -0.1
|Apr low F = 13.2
|May low F = 29.4
|Jun low F = 40.9
|Jul low F = 44.8
|Aug low F = 41.2
|Sep low F = 32.6
|Oct low F = 21.7
|Nov low F = 7.8
|Dec low F = -0.5
|year low F = 19.2
|Jan record low F = −41
|Feb record low F = −43
|Mar record low F = −30
|Apr record low F = −26
|May record low F = -1
|Jun record low F = 23
|Jul record low F = 28
|Aug record low F = 21
|Sep record low F = 13
|Oct record low F = 1
|Nov record low F = −19
|Dec record low F = −28
|year record low F = -43
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 1.11
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.57
|Mar precipitation inch = 1.92
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.31
|May precipitation inch = 1.54
|Jun precipitation inch = 1.76
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.16
|Aug precipitation inch = 4.74
|Sep precipitation inch = 2.38
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.61
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.70
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.79
|year precipitation inch = 21.59
|source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref>{{Cite web
|url=https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=afg
|title=National Weather Service Climate National Weather Service Climate National Weather Service Climate
|publisher=[[NOAA]]
|date=May 27, 2023}}</ref>}}