What is the hottest month in Nome?

July is the warmest month in Nome, with an average high of 57.7°F.

What is the coldest month in Nome?

January is the coldest month in Nome, with an average low of -2.0°F.

What month does Nome get the most rain?

August is typically the wettest month in Nome, with about 3.22 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Nome in?

Nome is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 5a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Nome changed recently?

8.7% of Nome's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Nome, AK

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from NOME MUNI AP, AK US.

Dfc Subarctic climate 5a USDA hardiness Zone 5a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Nome has an annual average temperature of 28°F with about 17.2 inches of precipitation per year and 80.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 57.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low -2.0°F). August is typically the wettest month (3.22 in) and March the driest (0.74 in). Snow typically falls from January through December.

Annual swing

46.4°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

13,335

HDD/yr

Cooling need

CDD/yr

Best time to visit Nome

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

32 of 366 (8.7%) of Nome's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1900s		4
1910s		16
1920s		32
1930s		20
1940s		43
1950s		14
1960s		41
1970s		37
1980s		41
1990s		40
2000s		30
2010s		39
2020s		9

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month	Avg High	Avg Low	Avg Temp	Precipitation	Snow	Rainy days
January	13.2°F	-2.0°F	5.6°F	0.94 in	13.4 in	10
February	16.8°F	1.3°F	9.0°F	0.99 in	14.7 in	11
March	17.6°F	1.6°F	9.6°F	0.74 in	10.7 in	9
April	29.4°F	15.9°F	22.7°F	0.74 in	6.8 in	8
May	43.6°F	30.9°F	37.3°F	0.89 in	1.9 in	9
June	55.1°F	41.5°F	48.3°F	0.99 in	0.2 in	9
July	57.7°F	46.3°F	52.0°F	2.35 in	—	13
August	56.0°F	44.4°F	50.2°F	3.22 in	—	15
September	49.0°F	37.2°F	43.1°F	2.20 in	0.5 in	14
October	36.0°F	24.9°F	30.4°F	1.84 in	4.7 in	13
November	24.3°F	12.2°F	18.2°F	1.27 in	12.1 in	11
December	16.2°F	2.0°F	9.1°F	1.05 in	15.8 in	11