Nome climate

Name: Nome
Address: Alaska (Seward Peninsula), United States

United States · Alaska (Seward Peninsula) · 64.501° N, 165.406° W

Köppen ETtundraPolar & alpine

Windswept Bering Sea gold town: frigid winters, cool foggy summers, treeless tundra.

Cold enough that no month is truly warm — tundra, ice cap, or high mountain.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain Snowfall

Warmest month

July, 57°F / 14°C

Coldest month

January, 0°F / -18°C

Annual swing

57°F / 31°C

Wettest month

September

Driest month

January

Rain per year

23.5" / 597 mm

Snow per year

97.6" / 2478 mm

Elevation

39 ft / 12 m

Time zone

America/Nome

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Snow in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	9 / -13	0 / -18	0.02 / 1	9.3 / 237	72%	9.2 / 14.8	56%
February	12 / -11	2 / -17	0.06 / 2	16.7 / 423	73%	11.2 / 18.0	68%
March	21 / -6	10 / -12	0.15 / 4	20.9 / 531	79%	9.9 / 15.9	69%
April	28 / -2	17 / -8	0.42 / 11	7.9 / 202	76%	7.7 / 12.4	57%
May	45 / 7	33 / 1	0.81 / 21	3.8 / 97	79%	7.2 / 11.6	59%
June	55 / 13	45 / 7	2.12 / 54	0.6 / 15	80%	7.3 / 11.7	69%
July	57 / 14	49 / 10	5.51 / 140	0.0 / 1	86%	8.0 / 12.9	80%
August	55 / 13	47 / 8	4.98 / 126	0.0 / 0	85%	8.2 / 13.2	81%
September	48 / 9	41 / 5	5.57 / 141	0.1 / 3	84%	9.3 / 15.0	77%
October	37 / 3	30 / -1	2.92 / 74	7.8 / 197	79%	9.8 / 15.8	71%
November	24 / -5	15 / -9	0.54 / 14	15.2 / 386	75%	10.2 / 16.4	62%
December	15 / -10	5 / -15	0.40 / 10	15.1 / 385	75%	11.0 / 17.7	65%

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