when did alaska become a state in the united states
Alaska The United States purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867, for 7.2Â million U.S. dollars at approximately two cents per acre ($4.74/km2). The area went through several administrative changes before becoming organized as a territory on May 11, 1912. It was admitted as the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959.[6]
Alaska The highest and lowest recorded temperatures in Alaska are both in the Interior. The highest is 100 °F (38 °C) in Fort Yukon (which is just 8 mi or 13 km inside the arctic circle) on June 27, 1915,[22][23] making Alaska tied with Hawaii as the state with the lowest high temperature in the United States.[24][25] The lowest official Alaska temperature is −80 °F (−62 °C) in Prospect Creek on January 23, 1971,[22][23] one degree above the lowest temperature recorded in continental North America (in Snag, Yukon, Canada).[26]