page_title: Kodiak Island
section_title: Climate
hierarchical_section_title: Kodiak Island / Climate
caption_attribution_description: English: Snow and meltwater on an alpine ridge on the flank of Center Mountain, Kodiak, Alaska, taken during summer. Photograph by Nick Longrich.
context_page_description: Kodiak Island is a large island on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by the Shelikof Strait. The largest island in the Kodiak Archipelago, Kodiak Island is the second largest island in the United States and the 80th largest island in the world, with an area of 9,311.24 km², slightly larger than Cyprus. It is 160 km long and in width ranges from 16 to 97 kilometers. Kodiak Island is the namesake for Kodiak Seamount, which lies off the coast at the Aleutian Trench. The largest community on the island is the city of Kodiak, Alaska.
  Kodiak Island is mountainous and heavily forested in the north and east, but fairly treeless in the south. The island has many deep, ice-free bays that provide sheltered anchorages for boats. The southwestern two-thirds of the island, like much of the Kodiak Archipelago, is part of Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge.
  Kodiak Island is part of the Kodiak Island Borough and Kodiak Archipelago of Alaska. The town of Kodiak is one of seven communities on Kodiak Island and is the island's main city.
context_section_description: The weather of Kodiak is temperate by Alaskan standards. December to March is the cold season while June to August is the summer season.
caption: Snows cling to the mountaintops in summer
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