What is Alaska Interior?
[[File:Interior fall.jpg|thumb|Fall in Interior Alaska.]] The '''[[Alaska]] Interior''' covers most of the [[U.S. state]]'s territory. It is largely [[wilderness]]. Mountains include [[Mount McKinley]] (Denali) in the [[Alaska Range]], the [[Wrangell Mountains]], and the [[Ray Mountains]]. The largest city in the interior is [[Fairbanks, Alaska|Fairbanks]], which is Alaska's second-largest city. Other towns include [[North Pole, Alaska|North Pole]], [[Eagle, Alaska|Eagle]], [[Tok, Alaska|Tok]], [[Glennallen, Alaska|Glennallen]], [[Delta Junction, Alaska|Delta Junction]], [[Nenana, Alaska|Nenana]], [[Anderson, Alaska|Anderson]], [[Healy, Alaska|Healy]] and [[Cantwell, Alaska|Cantwell]]. {{clear}} == Climate == [[File:Big_Dipper_and_Aurora.jpg|thumb|Northern Lights & Big Dipper at Fairbanks, AK during September.]] [[Temperature]]s in Interior Alaska change a lot between the [[season]]s. Winter temperatures in Fairbanks are usually around −12 °F (−24 °C) and summer temperatures are around 62 °F (17 °C). Temperatures there can get as low as −65 °F (−54 °C) in mid-winter, and as high as 99 °F (37 °C) in summer. Both the highest and lowest temperature records for the state were set in the Interior, with 100 °F (38 °C) in [[Fort Yukon, Alaska|Fort Yukon]] and −80 °F (−64 °C) in [[Prospect Creek, Alaska|Prospect Creek]].<ref name=DRI>{{cite web | title = State Extremes | publisher = Western Regional Climate Center, [[Desert Research Institute]] | url = http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/htmlfiles/state.extremes.html | access-date = 2007-01-03 }}</ref> Temperatures within a given winter can ghange a lot also. Long cold snaps can be followed by sudden warmth with temperatures above freezing. this is because of changes in the wind. Summers can be warm and dry for a long time. This can make it easy for [[w:wildfire|wildfires]] to start. Weak [[thunderstorm]]s can produce lightning that starts a fire. These fires are often left to burn if they are far away from where people live. The 2004 season had the most fires. Over {{convert