Nome weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Nome, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Nome Airport, 1 km from Nome; records cover 1906–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 17.2 in437 mm
- Snow a year
- 81 in205 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 5
- First fall freeze
- Aug 30
- Heating degree days
- 13,484
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −30°−34° (heating, 99%) and 72°22° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Nome in January
Highs average 13°−10° and lows −2°−19°, with 0.94 in24 mm of precipitation and 13 in34 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 51°11° (2014)
- Record low
- −54°−48° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1841
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nome in February
Highs average 17°−8° and lows 1°−17°, with 0.99 in25 mm of precipitation and 15 in37 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 48°9° (1986)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 1567
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nome in March
Highs average 18°−8° and lows 2°−17°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation and 11 in27 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 44°7° (1938)
- Record low
- −46°−43° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 1717
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nome in April
Highs average 29°−1° and lows 16°−9°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 60°16° (1940)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1918)
- Heating degree days
- 1270
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nome in May
Highs average 44°6° and lows 31°−1°, with 0.89 in23 mm of precipitation and 1.9 in4.8 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1981)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1949)
- Heating degree days
- 860
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nome in June
Highs average 55°13° and lows 42°5°, with 0.99 in25 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical June.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2013)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1931)
- Heating degree days
- 502
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Nome in July
Highs average 58°14° and lows 46°8°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1968)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 405
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Nome in August
Highs average 56°13° and lows 44°7°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1966)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1913)
- Heating degree days
- 459
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nome in September
Highs average 49°9° and lows 37°3°, with 2.2 in56 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1979)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 657
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nome in OctoberThis month
Highs average 36°2° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.8 in47 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1954)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 1071
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nome in November
Highs average 24°−4° and lows 12°−11°, with 1.3 in32 mm of precipitation and 12 in31 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 50°10° (1928)
- Record low
- −39° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 1402
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nome in December
Highs average 16°−9° and lows 2°−17°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 16 in40 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 44°7° (2024)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1929)
- Heating degree days
- 1733
- Cooling degree days
- 0