United States · 1991–2020 normal
Nome in
December.
Typical December weather in Nome: -8.8°C by day, -16.7°C at night, 27 mm of rain over 7.1 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-8.8°C
Typical low-16.7°C
Rain27 mm
Wet days7.1
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 47). Daylight is calculated as 3 h 59 from latitude 64.50°. Open-water sea temperature is -0.8°C (14 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in December
At 64.5° the calculated mid-month daylight is 3 h 59. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in December. Typical nights are -16.7°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in December
The measured night-time normal is -16.7°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5870133
- NOAA station
- USW00026617 · NOME AP
- Station distance
- 2 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Strong coverage · 30 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.