Nome, AK: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 39.1°F in Nome, AK, the warmest May since 2025, 28th warmest of 120.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 39.1°F; Warmest since 2025; 28th warmest of 120
Precipitation: 0.59 in; Wettest since 2023; 54th wettest of 119

A normal May in Nome, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 38.5°F, between 31.3°F and 41.7°F in eight years of ten and 0.59 in of precipitation, between 0.22 in and 1.84 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Nome, AK since 1907: 39.1°F in 2026; the highest is 45.7°F, in 2020.

Normal range, 31.3 to 41.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Nome, AK from 1907 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	39.1	28	45.7	32	32.5	30	0.59	54	0
2025	39.2	27	46.1	27	32.4	31	0.24	101	0
2024	35.5	60	42.3	57	28.7	67	0.33	90	0
2023	34.9	68	40.6	70	29.3	63	0.59	54	0
2022	38.5	36	45.3	37	31.7	36	0.86	37	0
2021	42.3	8	50.6	4	34	14	0.15	108	0
2020	45.7	1	54	1	37.4	1	0.63	51	0
2019	40.6	18	46.8	22	34.4	12	1.17	15	0
2018	36.2	55	41.7	60	30.8	46	0.42	76	0
2017	38.7	32	45.9	29	31.5	39	0.94	30	0
2016	42.9	5	49.8	9	36	3	1.22	14	0
2015	41.1	14	47.7	16	34.6	10	1.49	10	0
2014	35.1	65	40	81	30.2	50	1.32	11	0
2013	31.1	103	36.9	104	25.2	100	1.79	8	0
2012	33.1	84	40.6	70	25.7	96	0.88	34	0
2011	38.4	39	45.7	32	31	42	0.58	58	0
2010	38.9	29	46.9	20	30.9	45	0.27	93	0
2009	34.7	70	40.5	72	28.9	65	0.39	80	0
2008	36.4	50	42.9	53	29.9	56	0.59	54	0
2007	38.5	36	46	28	31	42	0.08	116	0
2006	35.7	58	41.7	60	29.7	59	0.44	72	0
2005	40.7	17	47.5	17	33.9	15	1.06	23	0
2004	40.5	19	45.8	31	35.1	7	2.95	1	0
2003	35.7	58	41.2	65	30.2	50	0.42	76	0
2002	38.9	29	45.7	32	32	33	0.54	61	0
2001	27.4	119	33.3	118	21.4	119	0.45	70	0
2000	31.9	94	35.8	109	28	74	0.56	59	0
1999	31.3	100	37.9	92	24.7	103	0.12	110	0
1998	35.2	62	40.5	72	30	55	2.78	2	0
1997	40.2	21	46.5	24	33.9	15	1.17	15	0
1996	38.5	36	44.5	40	32.4	31	2.32	3	0
1995	41.6	12	48.7	13	34.5	11	0.84	41	0
1994	42.3	8	49.5	10	35	8	0.04	118	0
1993	40.1	23	47.3	18	33	27	0.52	64	0
1992	27.5	118	32.7	120	22.2	114	0.23	102	0
1991	38.8	31	44.6	38	33	27	0.35	87	0
1990	40	25	45.6	35	34.3	13	2.00	6	0
1989	31.4	99	36.3	107	26.5	88	2.02	5	0
1988	43.1	4	50.5	6	35.8	5	0.97	27	0
1987	36.9	47	43.1	49	30.7	47	0.37	83	0
1986	33.6	79	40.1	79	27.1	82	0.31	91	0
1985	31.8	95	37.2	101	26.4	89	1.12	18	0
1984	31.1	103	37.9	92	24.3	105	0.45	70	0
1983	43.8	2	51.7	2	35.9	4	0.51	66	0
1982	33.5	80	39.2	86	27.9	76	1.23	13	0
1981	42.7	7	50.6	4	34.7	9	0.66	46	0
1980	43.2	3	50	8	36.4	2	1.08	22	0
1979	41.7	11	48.2	15	35.3	6	0.12	110	0
1978	42.1	10	50.4	7	33.8	19	0.39	80	0
1977	32.9	86	37.7	97	28	74	0.90	32	0
1976	33	85	40.5	72	25.6	97	0.22	104	0
1975	33.9	77	40.3	76	27.5	80	0.12	110	0
1974	38.2	40	45.9	29	30.5	48	0.10	114	0
1973	35.2	62	41.8	59	28.6	68	0.27	93	0
1972	35.4	61	40.7	69	30.1	54	0.27	93	0
1971	29.7	108	34.5	114	24.9	102	0.28	92	0
1970	36.4	50	44.5	40	28.4	71	0.27	93	0
1969	42.8	6	51.6	3	33.9	15	0.44	72	0
1968	29.1	111	35.7	110	22.5	112	0.76	44	0
1967	31.2	102	36.4	106	26	93	0.25	98	0
1966	29	112	35.2	112	22.7	109	0.12	110	0
1965	27.4	119	33.1	119	21.8	116	1.15	17	0
1964	28	117	34.3	117	21.8	116	0.44	72	0
1963	37.6	44	43.5	47	31.6	38	0.87	35	0
1962	32.3	92	36.8	105	27.8	77	0.61	53	0
1961	38.7	32	45.6	35	31.8	34	0.38	82	0
1960	40.2	21	46.9	20	33.5	21	1.09	21	0
1959	38	42	43.1	49	32.8	29	0.99	26	0
1958	31.3	100	37.5	98	25	101	0.97	27	0
1957	38.1	41	44.6	38	31.7	36	0.62	52	0
1956	38.7	32	44	43	33.4	22	0.25	98	0
1955	36	56	41.7	60	30.3	49	1.01	25	0
1954	40.3	20	47.3	18	33.4	22	0.22	104	0
1953	41.5	13	49.2	11	33.9	15	0.37	83	0
1952	28.8	113	35	113	22.6	111	1.28	12	0
1951	40.1	23	46.8	22	33.4	22	0.40	79	0
1950	33.5	80	39.9	83	27.1	82	0.53	62	0
1949	29.3	109	35.9	108	22.7	109	0.79	43	0
1948	32.4	91	40.2	77	24.6	104	0.85	39	0
1947	38.7	32	46.4	25	31	42	0.66	46	0
1946	34.5	71	40.8	68	28.3	73	0.85	39	0
1945	28.2	116	34.5	114	22	115	0.49	67	0
1944	33.9	77	40.1	79	27.8	77	0.96	29	0
1943	37.3	46	43.5	47	31.1	41	1.95	7	0
1942	34.4	73	41.1	66	27.6	79	1.11	20	0
1941	36	56	42.6	55	29.4	62	0.23	102	0
1940	40	25	46.4	25	33.6	20	0.56	59	0
1939	30.7	106	37.5	98	24	106	0.44	72	0
1938	36.4	50	44.2	42	28.6	68	0.42	76	0
1937	31.1	103	38.7	90	23.5	107	0.86	37	0
1936	40.8	16	48.3	14	33.4	22	0.52	64	0
1935	29.2	110	37.4	100	21	120	0.22	104	0
1934	31.7	96	37	102	26.4	89	0.70	45	0
1933	30.6	107	37.9	92	23.3	108	0.53	62	0
1932	32.6	89	39	87	26.3	91	0.35	87	0
1931	32.9	86	39	87	26.7	85	0.59	54	0
1930	32.5	90	39	87	26.1	92	0.46	68	0
1929	35	67	41.3	63	28.8	66	0.46	68	0
1928	34.4	73	42.2	58	26.6	87	trace	119	0
1927	32.7	88	39.4	85	26	93	0.87	35	0
1926	34.1	76	41.3	63	26.9	84	0.09	115	0
1925	36.8	48	43.7	45	29.8	58	0.65	49	0
1924	33.3	83	41	67	25.5	98	0.36	86	0
1923	36.4	50	42.4	56	29.7	59	0.06	117	1
1922	28.6	114	35.5	111	21.6	118	0.34	89	0
1921	34.5	71	40.4	75	28.6	68	0.90	32	0
1920	28.5	115	34.5	114	22.5	112	0.93	31	0
1919	36.3	54	43	51	29.6	61	0.37	83	0
1918	31.6	97	37.8	95	25.4	99	2.26	4	0
1917	35.1	65	43	51	27.2	81	0.25	98	0
1916	31.5	98	37	102	25.9	95			0
1915	36.5	49	42.7	54	30.2	50	0.84	41	0
1914	35.2	62	40.2	77	30.2	50	1.53	9	0
1913	37.9	43	44	43	31.8	34	0.27	93	0
1912	41.1	14	48.8	12	33.4	22	0.65	49	0
1911	33.4	82	38.5	91	28.4	71	0.66	46	0
1910	32.2	93	37.8	95	26.7	85	1.03	24	0
1909	34.9	68	40	81	29.9	56	0.15	108	0
1908	37.5	45	43.7	45	31.3	40	0.19	107	0
1907	34.3	75	39.5	84	29.1	64	1.12	18	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2020	45.7
1983	43.8
1980	43.2
1988	43.1
2016	42.9
1969	42.8
1981	42.7
2021	42.3
1994	42.3
1978	42.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2001	27.4
1965	27.4
1992	27.5
1964	28
1945	28.2
1920	28.5
1922	28.6
1952	28.8
1966	29
1968	29.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2004	2.95
1998	2.78
1996	2.32
1918	2.26
1989	2.02
1990	2.00
1943	1.95
2013	1.79
1914	1.53
2015	1.49

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1928	trace
1994	0.04
1923	0.06
2007	0.08
1926	0.09
1974	0.10
1999	0.12
1979	0.12
1975	0.12
1966	0.12

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 57°F; 16 May 2026, 15 May 2026
Coldest night: 18°F; 7 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.18 in; 19 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 0.59 in of precipitation in Nome, AK, the wettest May since 2023, tied 54th wettest of 119 (with 2023, 2008 and 1931).
The hottest day of May 2026 in Nome, AK: 57°F on Saturday 16 May 2026 and Friday 15 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Nome, AK: a low of 18°F on Thursday 7 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Nome, AK: 0.18 in on Tuesday 19 May 2026.