All-time weather records — Nome, AK

Record high
98.1°F
June 25, 1919
Record low
-54.0°F
January 27, 1989
Wettest day
2.36 in
August 9, 1956

Climate change signal in Nome

8.7%

of Nome's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (32 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1900s
4
9
1910s
16
40
1920s
32
56
1930s
20
40
1940s
43
30
1950s
14
15
1960s
41
44
1970s
37
61
1980s
41
27
1990s
40
27
2000s
30
5
2010s
39
8
2020s
9
4

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1907, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1900-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 51.1°F — Jan 27, 2014 -54.0°F — Jan 27, 1989 1.09 in — Jan 15, 1963
February 48.0°F — Feb 13, 1986 -42.0°F — Feb 5, 1947 1.70 in — Feb 28, 1938
March 44.1°F — Mar 2, 1938 -45.9°F — Mar 11, 1971 0.87 in — Mar 10, 1907
April 60.1°F — Apr 25, 1940 -29.9°F — Apr 5, 1918 0.71 in — Apr 17, 2020
May 78.1°F — May 30, 1981 -11.0°F — May 2, 1949 0.84 in — May 16, 2012
June 98.1°F — Jun 25, 1919 19.9°F — Jun 2, 1931 2.30 in — Jun 13, 1917
July 86.0°F — Jul 8, 1968 0.0°F — Jul 31, 1936 1.74 in — Jul 23, 2017
August 82.9°F — Aug 8, 1966 23.0°F — Aug 30, 1913 2.36 in — Aug 9, 1956
September 71.1°F — Sep 11, 1979 9.0°F — Sep 28, 1992 2.12 in — Sep 11, 1915
October 59.0°F — Oct 1, 1954 -9.9°F — Oct 28, 1966 1.88 in — Oct 4, 1957
November 50.0°F — Nov 1, 1928 -38.9°F — Nov 30, 1948 1.30 in — Nov 9, 1913
December 44.1°F — Dec 11, 2024 -42.0°F — Dec 29, 1929 1.07 in — Dec 18, 1931

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