July was an exceptionally wet month in Nome, and indeed over much of the state. Nome Airport's 6.16 inches of rain was more than two and a half times normal and ranks as the fifth wettest July in the past 117 years.
More than two and a half inches of rain fell in the "soaker storm" of July 2 and 3. Rainfall totals for the month of over seven inches were reported from Dexter.
Not surprisingly with all of the rain, temperatures averaged below normal. The airport average temperature 49.9 degrees was two degrees below normal. That's the lowest average temperature for any July since 2011. Below normal sea surface temperatures in the northern Bering Sea were a significant factor in that.
Even with the cool weather three days in July saw temperatures reached the lower 70s and that's three more days in the 70s than July last year.
The lowest temperature at the airport for the month was 38 and the online home weather station out at Banner Creek reported a low of 32 on July 30.
