Temperature
36 F at 7 PM; 40 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 34 F at its coolest, 11 PM Wednesday.
- Now
- 36F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 40F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 34F
- 11 PM Wednesday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Nome Airport, Alaska
Medium airport in Nome Census Area, Alaska35°
38°/28°
Overcast·
Feels like 25°·Moderate breeze 17 mph N
Now. Nome Airport is 35° and overcast at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 25°. The dew point is 25°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 17 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 30° by 8 AM, under cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. Highs stay close to 36° all week. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 27°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 9 hours 48 minutes long, 7 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
69%Humidity
87%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
35feels25
17mph
Today
Oct 15
3828
21mph
Fri
Oct 16
3527
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
3523
partly cloudy day
Sun
Oct 18
3728
15%
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
3525
11%
Tue
Oct 20
3522
17mph
Wed
Oct 21
3423
13mph
35°
38°28°
35°27°
35°23°
37°28°
35°25°
35°22°
34°23°
As of 9:00 PM in Nome Airport, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- OME
- ICAO
- PAOM
- IATA
- OME
- Field elevation
- 37 ft
- Serves
- Nome
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PAOM
- Wind now
- From 360° at 18 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 6,176 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 42° / 222° | 13 mph head, on 03 | 12 mph from the left |
| 10 / 28 | 6,009 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 110° / 290° | 6 mph head, on 28 | 17 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Nome (ASOS) (PAOM), Nome Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 27 F, the air 69% saturated; the humidity ran from 55% at 3 PM to 82% at 11 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 27F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 69%
- Humidity, range
- 55 to 82%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
19 mph from the north at 7 PM; at its strongest 25 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 39 mph at 3 PM.
- Now
- 19mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 25mph
- 3 PM
- Highest gust
- 39mph
- 3 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.50 inHg at 7 PM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.39 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.50inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.05inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.39inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 11,000 ft at 4 PM; a base was reported in 7 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 11,000ft
- 4 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 7
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Nome (ASOS): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Nome Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Nome (ASOS)PAOM
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/23 ft/14 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
NomeNMRA2
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.6 mi away/-7 ft/44 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Nome AirportOME
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/18 ft/19 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Nome 1.0 SEAK-NC-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/3 ft/34 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Alaska
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Nome Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Nomecity, 2 mi
- Port Clarencecommunity, 57 mi
- Tellercity, 58 mi
- White Mountaincity, 62 mi
- Brevig Missioncity, 65 mi
- Golovincity, 72 mi
- Elimcity, 95 mi
- Walescity, 108 mi
- Stebbinscity, 118 mi
- Kotlikcity, 118 mi
- Shishmarefcity, 120 mi
- Emmonakcity, 123 mi
Airports near Nome Airport
- Teller AirportTER, 57 mi
- White Mountain AirportWMO, 61 mi
- Brevig Mission AirportKTS, 64 mi
- Port Clarence Coast Guard StationKPC, 66 mi
- Golovin AirportGLV, 72 mi
- Elim AirportELI, 94 mi
- Tin City Long Range Radar Station AirportTNC, 102 mi
- Wales AirportIWK, 109 mi