Nome Census Area Weather in January
Average highs run from 16°F on January 1 to 11°F on January 31, and lows from 4°F to -4°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.93 in over about 9 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 13°F
- Average low
- -2°F
- Precipitation
- 0.93 in
- Record high
- 51°FJan 27, 2014
- Record low
- -54°FJan 27, 1989
- Daylight
- 4 h 02 min to 6 h 52 min
- Cloud cover
- 59%
- Humidity
- 96%
- Dew point
- -5°F
- Wind
- 13.0 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 16°F | 4°F | 36°F 1942 | -38°F 1949 | 30% |
| Jan 2 | 14°F | -1°F | 37°F 1942 | -39°F 1949 | 30% |
| Jan 3 | 11°F | -2°F | 41°F 1995 | -37°F 2012 | 31% |
| Jan 4 | 13°F | -1°F | 41°F 1995 | -38°F 2012 | 30% |
| Jan 5 | 15°F | -1°F | 39°F 1953 | -40°F 1917 | 30% |
| Jan 6 | 13°F | 0°F | 44°F 1942 | -40°F 1917 | 31% |
| Jan 7 | 14°F | 2°F | 46°F 1942 | -37°F 1932 | 31% |
| Jan 8 | 16°F | 0°F | 42°F 1988 | -33°F 1932 | 29% |
| Jan 9 | 15°F | 0°F | 35°F 2015 | -32°F 1943 | 29% |
| Jan 10 | 14°F | -2°F | 39°F 2011 | -32°F 1954 | 29% |
| Jan 11 | 15°F | -1°F | 40°F 2011 | -32°F 1972 | 30% |
| Jan 12 | 14°F | 1°F | 42°F 1977 | -33°F 2012 | 29% |
| Jan 13 | 15°F | -1°F | 43°F 1977 | -34°F 2012 | 30% |
| Jan 14 | 13°F | -1°F | 39°F 1997 | -35°F 1947 | 31% |
| Jan 15 | 14°F | -3°F | 37°F 1997 | -37°F 1934 | 31% |
| Jan 16 | 14°F | -3°F | 40°F 1963 | -35°F 1960 | 30% |
| Jan 17 | 16°F | -2°F | 42°F 1963 | -34°F 1973 | 29% |
| Jan 18 | 14°F | -1°F | 38°F 1963 | -35°F 1989 | 29% |
| Jan 19 | 14°F | -1°F | 42°F 1940 | -38°F 1989 | 28% |
| Jan 20 | 14°F | -3°F | 40°F 1940 | -40°F 1989 | 28% |
| Jan 21 | 13°F | -2°F | 39°F 1963 | -44°F 1989 | 27% |
| Jan 22 | 12°F | -4°F | 35°F 1929 | -44°F 1989 | 27% |
| Jan 23 | 11°F | -5°F | 37°F 1977 | -45°F 1989 | 27% |
| Jan 24 | 10°F | -6°F | 39°F 1977 | -45°F 1989 | 27% |
| Jan 25 | 12°F | -5°F | 41°F 1963 | -47°F 1919 | 26% |
| Jan 26 | 10°F | -5°F | 45°F 2014 | -43°F 1989 | 26% |
| Jan 27 | 12°F | -6°F | 51°F 2014 | -54°F 1989 | 26% |
| Jan 28 | 10°F | -5°F | 39°F 1929 | -54°F 1989 | 26% |
| Jan 29 | 11°F | -3°F | 38°F 1945 | -46°F 1919 | 26% |
| Jan 30 | 12°F | -2°F | 42°F 2007 | -46°F 1993 | 27% |
| Jan 31 | 11°F | -4°F | 38°F 1994 | -40°F 1993 | 28% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AKST).
- January 1
- sunrise 11:58 AM, sunset 4:00 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 10:43 AM, sunset 5:35 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00026617, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.