Cars, trucks, snowmachines, ATVs and skiffs are used by residents. The area experiences a cold, continental climate with extreme temperature differences. Several consecutive days of -40 degrees is common each winter. Average precipitation is 15.6 inches, with 74 inches of snowfall annually. Facilities A piped water and sewer system was completed in 1996 for 62 homes in the Nulato new townsite, with bathroom and kitchen plumbing.
Water is derived from wells and is treated.
Unserved residents in the lower townsite haul water from the Blackberry Well or the Church, and use honeybuckets. Funds have been requested to repair the old townsite sewage lagoon and to construct a low volume haul system for this area. The City also needs a new landfill. The washeteria will be undergoing major renovations in 1998. Your comments and questions are welcome.