Autumn 2024 in Nome brought near normal temperatures overall, but significantly less precipitation than normal.
The average temperature at the Nome Airport for the three months of September through November was 30.9 degrees, normal is 30.6.
Following the very soggy summer, this was the second driest autumn in the past decade. The September through November total precipitation, that is rain plus the water in the melted snow, that fell totaled about four and a quarter inches. That's more than an inch below normal.
November was especially dry, with less than half of normal precipitation, and some of that was rain. As a result, snow cover in the immediate Nome area was thinner at the end of November than in many recent years.
Sea ice formed in eastern Norton Sound during early November didn't show up in front of Nome until the third week of the month, but then north winds late in November push most of the ice away from the beach.
