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lang="ale">Samiyax̂</i><sup id="cite_ref-Bergsland_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bergsland-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is a small island in the <a href="/wiki/Semichi_Islands" title="Semichi Islands">Semichi Islands</a> group of the <a href="/wiki/Near_Islands" title="Near Islands">Near Islands</a> chain in the <a href="/wiki/Aleutian_Islands" title="Aleutian Islands">Aleutian Islands</a> <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelago</a> southwest of <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a>, at <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks 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It has a land area of 5.903 sq mi (15.29 km<sup>2</sup>), and is about 1,200 miles (1,900 km) southwest of <a href="/wiki/Anchorage,_Alaska" title="Anchorage, Alaska">Anchorage, Alaska</a>. It is 2.73 miles (4.39 km) wide and 4.32 miles (6.95 km) long. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shemya&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shemya_island_Cable_Bowl_N_shore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Shemya_island_Cable_Bowl_N_shore.jpg/260px-Shemya_island_Cable_Bowl_N_shore.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Shemya_island_Cable_Bowl_N_shore.jpg/390px-Shemya_island_Cable_Bowl_N_shore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Shemya_island_Cable_Bowl_N_shore.jpg/520px-Shemya_island_Cable_Bowl_N_shore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3198" data-file-height="2081" /></a><figcaption>Shemya Island north shore</figcaption></figure> <p>The Russian vessel <i>Saint Peter and Paul</i> wrecked at Shemya in 1762. Most of the crew survived. </p><p>In 1943, a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a> surveillance, <a href="/wiki/Weather_station" title="Weather station">weather station</a>, aircraft refueling station, and a 10,000-foot-long (3,000 m) runway opened on Shemya and are still in operation. At its peak in the 1960s, the station, originally <a href="/wiki/Shemya_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Shemya Air Force Base">Shemya Air Force Base</a> or Shemya Station, had 1,500 workers. In 1956, <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Airlines" title="Northwest Airlines">Northwest Airlines</a> leased Shemya Island from the U.S. government to use as a refueling station on their North Pacific route. According to Northwest's website, that made them "the first airline to operate its own airport."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Northwest was operating <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Constellation" title="Lockheed Constellation">Lockheed Constellation</a> <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_L-1049_Super_Constellation" title="Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation">L-1049G model</a> propliners on its "Orient Express" service between the U.S. and Asia in 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the height of the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>, the United States Air Force airborne intelligence platforms "<a href="/wiki/Cobra_Ball" class="mw-redirect" title="Cobra Ball">Cobra Ball</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Rivet_Amber" class="mw-redirect" title="Rivet Amber">Rivet Amber</a>," and "<a href="/wiki/Rivet_Ball" class="mw-redirect" title="Rivet Ball">Rivet Ball</a>" flew <a href="/wiki/Intercontinental_ballistic_missile" title="Intercontinental ballistic missile">intercontinental ballistic missile</a> tracking flights from this island near the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, especially the <a href="/wiki/Kamchatka_Peninsula" title="Kamchatka Peninsula">Kamchatka Peninsula</a>. Observations from Shemya were normally the first radar reports of new Soviet satellite launches from <a href="/wiki/Baikonur_Cosmodrome" title="Baikonur Cosmodrome">Tyuratam (Baikonur)</a> in the early days of satellite tracking; see <a href="/wiki/Project_Space_Track_(1957%E2%80%931961)" class="mw-redirect" title="Project Space Track (1957–1961)">Project Space Track</a>. </p><p>In 1993, the station was renamed the <a href="/wiki/Eareckson_Air_Station" title="Eareckson Air Station">Eareckson Air Station</a> to honor USAF Colonel <a href="/wiki/William_O._Eareckson" title="William O. Eareckson">William O. Eareckson</a>, who had commanded bomber operations during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Aleutian_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of the Aleutian Islands">Aleutian Campaign</a> of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shemya.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Shemya.png/260px-Shemya.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Shemya.png/390px-Shemya.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Shemya.png/520px-Shemya.png 2x" data-file-width="572" data-file-height="404" /></a><figcaption>A landsat image of Shemya Island.</figcaption></figure> <p>The station still operates as a radar station and aircraft refueling station with a staff of about 180 people. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census,_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Census, 2000">2000 census</a> reported an official resident population of 27 persons on the island. </p><p>One of the most recognizable features of the island is the <a href="/wiki/COBRA_DANE" class="mw-redirect" title="COBRA DANE">COBRA DANE</a> radar system. This radar was built in 1976 and brought on-line in 1977 for the primary mission of intelligence gathering in support of verification of the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Arms_Limitation_Talks" title="Strategic Arms Limitation Talks">Strategic Arms Limitation Talks</a> (SALT) II agreement. </p><p>Shemya was an important outpost during the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>. As part of <a href="/wiki/Project_Bluegrass" class="mw-redirect" title="Project Bluegrass">Project Bluegrass</a>, the <a href="/wiki/White_Alice_Communications_System" title="White Alice Communications System">White Alice Communications System</a> provided a vital <a href="/wiki/Tropospheric_scatter" title="Tropospheric scatter">tropospheric scatter</a> communications link to the mainland during the early-1960s to late-1970s. Its two 120-foot (37 m) parabolic reflectors and 50 kW transmitter output bridged the nearly 400 miles (640 km) gap to <a href="/wiki/Adak,_Alaska" title="Adak, Alaska">Adak, Alaska</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_commercial_flights_diverted_to_Shemya">List of commercial flights diverted to Shemya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shemya&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of commercial flights diverted to Shemya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>See also <a href="/wiki/Eareckson_Air_Station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="Eareckson Air Station">Eareckson Air Station § Accidents and incidents</a>.</i></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/China_Eastern_Airlines_Flight_583" title="China Eastern Airlines Flight 583">China Eastern Airlines Flight 583</a> made an emergency landing at the island's airbase at April 6, 1993.</li> <li>American Airlines Flight 175, a <a href="/wiki/Boeing_777" title="Boeing 777">Boeing 777-200ER</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Dallas/Fort_Worth_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport">Dallas Fort Worth, Texas (DFW/KDFW)</a> to <a href="/wiki/Narita_International_Airport" title="Narita International Airport">Tokyo Narita, Japan (NRT/RJAA)</a> made an emergency landing due to indication of cargo fire on July 11, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Cathay Pacific Flight 884 from <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> to <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> made an emergency landing at the island's airbase due to smoke detection on July 29, 2015.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_Air_Lines" title="Delta Air Lines">Delta Air Lines</a> Flight 128 from <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a> to <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a> made an emergency landing on the island's airbase on December 24, 2018, when the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_767-300ER" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 767-300ER">Boeing 767-300ER</a> developed engine problems.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polar_Air_Cargo" title="Polar Air Cargo">Polar Air Cargo</a> Flight 717 made an emergency landing at the island's airport on March 13, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FedEx_Express" title="FedEx Express">FedEx Express</a> Flight 9796, a <a href="/wiki/Boeing_777" title="Boeing 777">Boeing 777-F2S</a> flying from <a href="/wiki/Anchorage_Ted_Stevens_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Anchorage Ted Stevens International Airport">Anchorage Ted Stevens International Airport</a> to <a href="/wiki/Noi_Bai_International_Airport" title="Noi Bai International Airport">Hanoi Noi Bai International Airport</a>, diverted to <a href="/wiki/Eareckson_Air_Station" title="Eareckson Air Station">Shemya Eareckson Air Station</a> on October 1, 2024 due a #1 engine failure.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_airline_service">Former airline service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shemya&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Former airline service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Reeve_Aleutian_Airways" title="Reeve Aleutian Airways">Reeve Aleutian Airways</a> (RAA) operated scheduled passenger service into Shemya for many years. During the 1970s and 1980s, Reeve operated nonstop flights to <a href="/wiki/Anchorage" class="mw-redirect" title="Anchorage">Anchorage</a> (ANC) with <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_L-188_Electra" title="Lockheed L-188 Electra">Lockheed L-188 Electra</a> turboprop aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1989, the airline was operating nonstop jet service to Anchorage with <a href="/wiki/Boeing_727-100" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 727-100">Boeing 727-100</a> <a href="/wiki/Combi_aircraft" title="Combi aircraft">combi aircraft</a> which were capable of transporting passengers and freight on the main deck of the aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reeve's 727 service from Anchorage continued during the 1990s as did 727 flights from <a href="/wiki/Adak_Island,_AK" class="mw-redirect" title="Adak Island, AK">Adak Island, AK</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cold_Bay,_AK" class="mw-redirect" title="Cold Bay, AK">Cold Bay, AK</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reeve Aleutian ceased all flight operations in 2000. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shemya&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The weather on Shemya is very drastic, though the temperatures only vary between single digits to the mid fifties. The climate is perhaps the most equatorward low-altitude occurrence of a polar climate (<i>ET</i>) in the world, though it is extremely close to a <a href="/wiki/Subpolar_oceanic_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Subpolar oceanic climate">subpolar oceanic climate</a> (<i>Cfc</i>), or a <a href="/wiki/Subarctic_climate" title="Subarctic climate">subarctic climate</a> if the 0 degree Celsius isotherm is used. The island weather is most likely to be cloudy with a mist. The wind ranges from 30 to 40 miles per hour (48 to 64 km/h). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Japanese_current" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese current">Japanese current</a> in the Pacific to the south of the island regulates the temperature and gives it the pronounced temperature lag. August and September are the warmest months. The island's record low occurred in April. Despite it being a tundra climate, it is spared the vicious cold of places like <a href="/wiki/Utqiagvik,_Alaska" title="Utqiagvik, Alaska">Utqiagvik, Alaska</a> where temperatures in winter can rival those of interior Alaska in winter. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Shemya (1961–1990 normals, extremes 1943–1995) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44<br />(7) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44<br />(7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43<br />(6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47<br />(8) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48<br />(9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57<br />(14) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64<br />(18) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63<br />(17) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59<br />(15) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54<br />(12) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48<br />(9) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48<br />(9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">64<br />(18) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.5<br />(3.6) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.3<br />(3.5) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.1<br />(3.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.3<br />(5.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.4<br />(7.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.6<br />(9.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.1<br />(12.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.6<br />(13.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC790; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.5<br />(12.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.3<br />(10.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.3<br />(7.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.1<br />(5.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB77; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">57.7<br />(14.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.7<br />(0.9) </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.1<br />(0.6) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.7<br />(1.5) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.7<br />(3.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.2<br />(5.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.6<br />(7.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.9<br />(9.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.6<br />(10.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.7<br />(10.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.4<br />(7.4) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.2<br />(4.0) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.6<br />(2.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF5; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">41.4<br />(5.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.0<br />(−0.6) </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.5<br />(−0.8) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.9<br />(−0.1) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.0<br />(1.7) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.6<br />(3.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6EE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.2<br />(5.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.6<br />(8.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.2<br />(9.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.8<br />(8.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6EE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.2<br />(5.7) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(2.2) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(0.4) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">38.7<br />(3.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.2<br />(−2.1) </td> <td style="background: #DADAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.8<br />(−2.3) </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.0<br />(−1.7) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.2<br />(0.1) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.9<br />(2.2) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.8<br />(4.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.2<br />(6.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE5CC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.8<br />(8.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.9<br />(7.2) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.0<br />(3.9) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(0.4) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.9<br />(−1.2) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">35.9<br />(2.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #BDBDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.2<br />(−7.7) </td> <td style="background: #BDBDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.1<br />(−7.7) </td> <td style="background: #C4C4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.5<br />(−6.4) </td> <td style="background: #D2D2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.3<br />(−3.7) </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.9<br />(−0.6) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.9<br />(2.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.7<br />(4.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.0<br />(6.1) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.8<br />(3.2) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.8<br />(−0.1) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(−3.9) </td> <td style="background: #C4C4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.5<br />(−6.4) </td> <td style="background: #B5B5FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">15.6<br />(−9.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9<br />(−13) </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7<br />(−14) </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11<br />(−12) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(−8) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(−4) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(−2) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36<br />(2) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38<br />(3) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(1) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26<br />(−3) </td> <td style="background: #B6B6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15<br />(−9) </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7<br />(−14) </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7<br />(−14) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #A1FFA1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.49<br />(63) </td> <td style="background: #ADFFAD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.96<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #B7FFB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.90<br />(48) </td> <td style="background: #B8FFB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.82<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #C0FFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.65<br />(42) </td> <td style="background: #B6FFB6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.87<br />(47) </td> <td style="background: #99FF99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.69<br />(68) </td> <td style="background: #64FF64; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.11<br />(104) </td> <td style="background: #8DFF8D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.93<br />(74) </td> <td style="background: #6EFF6E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.83<br />(97) </td> <td style="background: #60FF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.04<br />(103) </td> <td style="background: #8FFF8F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.95<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #97FF97; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">32.24<br />(819) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #000030; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.6<br />(40) </td> <td style="background: #000030; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.7<br />(35) </td> <td style="background: #00005C; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">11.0<br />(28) </td> <td style="background: #3636FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">5.2<br />(13) </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.4<br />(3.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #D5D5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1<br />(2.8) </td> <td style="background: #0000BA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8.2<br />(21) </td> <td style="background: #000030; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #1B1BFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">70.7<br />(180) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 inch)</span> </th> <td style="background: #0000E8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">22.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000ED; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">20.1 </td> <td style="background: #0202FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">20.5 </td> <td style="background: #2A2AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16.7 </td> <td style="background: #3C3CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.8 </td> <td style="background: #4848FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.3 </td> <td style="background: #4242FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.3 </td> <td style="background: #2727FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17.5 </td> <td style="background: #1515FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18.3 </td> <td style="background: #0000EC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">22.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000CA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">24.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000DD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">23.4 </td> <td style="background: #0D0DFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">230.7 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 inch)</span> </th> <td style="background: #1717FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18.8 </td> <td style="background: #1313FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17.4 </td> <td style="background: #3535FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16.3 </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6 </td> <td style="background: #6868FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8 </td> <td style="background: #2E2EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16.9 </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">94.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: WRCC: Period of Record General Climate Summary Table<sup id="cite_ref-climate_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-climate-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: XMACIS (snowfall)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shemya&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Bergsland-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Bergsland_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBergsland1994" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Knut_Bergsland" title="Knut Bergsland">Bergsland, K.</a> (1994). <i>Aleut Dictionary</i>. 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<li><a href="/wiki/Chuginadak_Island" title="Chuginadak Island">Chuginadak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chugul_Island" title="Chugul Island">Chugul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derbin_Island" title="Derbin Island">Derbin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egg_Island_(Alaska)" title="Egg Island (Alaska)">Egg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gareloi_Island" title="Gareloi Island">Gareloi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Sitkin_Island" title="Great Sitkin Island">Great Sitkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hagemeister_Island" title="Hagemeister Island">Hagemeister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hall_Island_(Alaska)" title="Hall Island (Alaska)">Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawadax_Island" title="Hawadax Island">Hawadax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Island" title="Herbert Island">Herbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igitkin_Island" title="Igitkin Island">Igitkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilak_Island" title="Ilak Island">Ilak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kagalaska_Island" title="Kagalaska Island">Kagalaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kagamil_Island" title="Kagamil Island">Kagamil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamen_Ariy" title="Kamen Ariy">Kamen Ariy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanaga_Island" title="Kanaga Island">Kanaga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karaginsky_Island" title="Karaginsky Island">Karaginsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasatochi_Island" title="Kasatochi Island">Kasatochi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khvostof_Island" title="Khvostof Island">Khvostof</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Island_(Alaska)" title="King Island (Alaska)">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiska" title="Kiska">Kiska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koniuji_Island" title="Koniuji Island">Koniuji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walrus_and_Kritskoi_Islands#Kritskoi_Island" title="Walrus and Kritskoi Islands">Kritskoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Sitkin_Island" title="Little Sitkin Island">Little Sitkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Tanaga_Island" title="Little Tanaga Island">Little Tanaga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medny_Island" title="Medny Island">Medny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_Island_(Alaska)" title="Nelson Island (Alaska)">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nunivak_Island" title="Nunivak Island">Nunivak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oglodak_Island" title="Oglodak Island">Oglodak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otter_Island_(Alaska)" title="Otter Island (Alaska)">Otter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pancake_Rock" title="Pancake Rock">Pancake Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poa_Island" title="Poa Island">Poa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rootok_Island" title="Rootok Island">Rootok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagchudak_Island" title="Sagchudak Island">Sagchudak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samalga_Island" title="Samalga Island">Samalga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanak_Island" title="Sanak Island">Sanak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_Lion_Rock" title="Sea Lion Rock">Sea Lion Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_Otter_Rocks" title="Sea Otter Rocks">Sea Otter Rocks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sedanka_Island" title="Sedanka Island">Sedanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seguam_Island" title="Seguam Island">Seguam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Segula_Island" title="Segula Island">Segula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semisopochnoi_Island" title="Semisopochnoi Island">Semisopochnoi</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Shemya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skagul_Island" title="Skagul Island">Skagul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sledge_Island" title="Sledge Island">Sledge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Lawrence_Island" title="St. Lawrence Island">St. Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Matthew_Island" title="St. Matthew Island">St. Matthew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Michael_Island" title="St. Michael Island">St. Michael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul_Island_(Alaska)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Paul Island (Alaska)">St. Paul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Island,_Alaska" title="Stuart Island, Alaska">Stuart</a></li> 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