Nome weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · seaside town · subarctic climate
Nome is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 31/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,904
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 31/100
- Rain / year
- 662 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.5 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 13°C / 55°F
- Population
- 4k
- Elevation
- 9 m
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When is the best time to visit Nome?
Nome never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 31/100, and January is the low point (0/100). If sunshine is the point of the trip, the nearby alternatives below do better.
How sunny is Nome?
Nome gets a moderate 1,904 hours of sunshine a year. July (31/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #436 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 662 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -18° / 0°F | 38 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| February | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -16° / 3°F | 48 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| March | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -16° / 3°F | 32 mm | 1 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -9° / 16°F | 38 mm | 2 | -1° / 30°F |
| May | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 0° / 32°F | 38 mm | 3 | 0° / 32°F |
| June | 20 | 11° / 52°F | 6° / 43°F | 45 mm | 4 | 8° / 46°F |
| July | 31 | 13° / 55°F | 9° / 48°F | 87 mm | 3 | 12° / 54°F |
| August | 30 | 13° / 55°F | 9° / 48°F | 91 mm | 2 | 13° / 55°F |
| September | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 5° / 41°F | 74 mm | 1 | 10° / 50°F |
| October | 0 | 2° / 36°F | 0° / 32°F | 67 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
| November | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -8° / 18°F | 53 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| December | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -15° / 5°F | 51 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
Sea temperature in Nome by month
The sea off Nome is warmest in August at around 13°C / 55°F, and coolest in January at -1°C / 30°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kotzebue United States · 294 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Bethel United States · 454 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 835 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 864 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Kodiak United States · 1,020 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
- Whitehorse Canada · 1,593 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Teller United States · 91 km · 1,826 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- White Mountain United States · 99 km · 1,882 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Brevig Mission United States · 103 km · 1,827 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Golovin United States · 117 km · 1,880 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Elim United States · 152 km · 1,881 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Nome compares month by month: Nome vs Fairbanks · Nome vs Bethel · Nome vs Kotzebue · all comparisons
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