Editing Ester, Alaska (section)

==Geography==
Ester is located at {{coord|64|51|21|N|147|58|42|W|type:city}} (64.855700, -147.978434).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|166.5|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|166.4|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.1|km2|order=flip|2}}, or 0.08%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>
[[File:Fairbanks Summer Folk Fest 2017.jpg|alt=photograph of a band playing at a folk festival in Ester, Alaska.|thumb|Dead Calm, a local band, performs at the 2017 Fairbanks Summer Folk Fest at the Ester Community Park.]]

===Ester Community Park===
[[File:Ester Community Park.jpg|alt=photograph of the sign to the Ester Community Park|thumb|The sign greets visitors to Ester Community Park in Ester, Alaska]]
Ester has a well-used park, maintained and improved by the Ester Community Association's Park Committee and other volunteers from the community. The park has an [[ice rink]] that doubles as a [[basketball]] court in the summer, a children's playground, a picnic pavilion, a stage, and a soccer field. The park, situated next to the Ester Volunteer Fire Department, is the site of numerous [[soccer]] games, Ester [[American football|Football]] League games, [[broomball]], the Fourth of July picnic, musical gatherings, and other events throughout the year. In the summer, there is a farmers' market on Thursday evenings where local farmers and gardeners sell their goods. In 2017, the Ester Community Association purchased the park from a local landowner.
[[File:Pie contest in Ester, Alaska.jpg|alt=photo of a JTEL pie contest|thumb|The John Trigg Ester Library (JTEL) sponsors an annual pie contest, the LiBerry Pie Contest, to raise funds for the library. All pies must contain a type of berry, broadly conceived.]]

===The village square===
Ester village wraps around a square at the foot of Ester Lump, the name of a bump on the side of Ester Dome. This "[[town square]]" is actually the parking lot of the Golden Eagle Saloon, divided in two sections by Main Street, but functions as a focal point and central gathering place during celebrations such as the [[Fourth of July]] and [[New Year's Eve]]. Private residences, the [[John Trigg Ester Library]], and the Golden Eagle Saloon surround the square.

=== Tailings ===
Due to the mining in the area, Ester is currently surrounded by piles of gravel and dirt [[tailings]].

=== Climate ===
Ester has a [[subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfc'').
{{Weather box
|location = Ester, Alaska, 1991&ndash;2020 normals, extremes 1997&ndash;present
|single line = Y
|collapsed = Y

|Jan record high F = 50
|Feb record high F = 46
|Mar record high F = 60
|Apr record high F = 77
|May record high F = 87
|Jun record high F = 92
|Jul record high F = 91
|Aug record high F = 92
|Sep record high F = 76
|Oct record high F = 74
|Nov record high F = 42
|Dec record high F = 39

|Jan avg record high F = 26.1
|Feb avg record high F = 36.2
|Mar avg record high F = 46.9
|Apr avg record high F = 60.7
|May avg record high F = 80.1
|Jun avg record high F = 85.4
|Jul avg record high F = 86.5
|Aug avg record high F = 80.2
|Sep avg record high F = 70.1
|Oct avg record high F = 56.3
|Nov avg record high F = 29.3
|Dec avg record high F = 27.6
|year avg record high F = 87.8

|Jan high F = -0.3
|Feb high F = 11.0
|Mar high F = 25.2
|Apr high F = 44.9
|May high F = 61.2
|Jun high F = 71.0
|Jul high F = 71.9
|Aug high F = 64.9
|Sep high F = 54.2
|Oct high F = 33.4
|Nov high F = 11.2
|Dec high F = 3.2
|year high F = 37.6
|Jan mean F = -7.7
|Feb mean F = 0.7
|Mar mean F = 10.3
|Apr mean F = 31.6
|May mean F = 47.6
|Jun mean F = 58.1
|Jul mean F = 60.5
|Aug mean F = 54.1
|Sep mean F = 42.8
|Oct mean F = 24.4
|Nov mean F = 3.2
|Dec mean F = -4.2
|year mean F = 26.8
|Jan low F = -15.0
|Feb low F = -9.7
|Mar low F = -4.6
|Apr low F = 18.3
|May low F = 34.1
|Jun low F = 45.3
|Jul low F = 49.2
|Aug low F = 43.4
|Sep low F = 31.3
|Oct low F = 15.4
|Nov low F = -4.7
|Dec low F = -11.6
|year low F = 16.0

|Jan avg record low F = -43.8
|Feb avg record low F = -39.0
|Mar avg record low F = -31.7
|Apr avg record low F = -6.6
|May avg record low F = 19.1
|Jun avg record low F = 29.7
|Jul avg record low F = 34.1
|Aug avg record low F = 27.3
|Sep avg record low F = 15.5
|Oct avg record low F = -7.4
|Nov avg record low F = -29.5
|Dec avg record low F = -35.9
|year avg record low F = -45.4

|Jan record low F = -55
|Feb record low F = -58
|Mar record low F = -43
|Apr record low F = -32
|May record low F = 9
|Jun record low F = 24
|Jul record low F = 27
|Aug record low F = 23
|Sep record low F = 0
|Oct record low F = -20
|Nov record low F = -42
|Dec record low F = -52

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.67
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.61
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.53
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.41
|May precipitation inch = 0.68
|Jun precipitation inch = 2.08
|Jul precipitation inch = 2.70
|Aug precipitation inch = 2.83
|Sep precipitation inch = 1.51
|Oct precipitation inch = 0.89
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.89
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.75
|year precipitation inch = 14.55
|source 1 = NOAA (mean maxima/minima 2006&ndash;2020)<ref name=NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00502870&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title=U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access
|access-date = May 17, 2023
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518004750/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00502870&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|archive-date=May 18, 2023
}}
</ref><ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=afg
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Fairbanks
|access-date = May 24, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}