Nome
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		The mean temperature for Nome was 30.4°, 1.8° above normal for October.  The high temperature on the 10th was 53°, a record high, and a new warmest-minimum temperature of 47° was also recorded on that date.  The old records were a 47° high temperature and a 42° warmest-minimum temperature.  Also, on the 11th, the low temperature was 44°, another warmest-minimum record, the old record being 40° in 1991.  The low for the month was 4° on the 31st.  Precipitation in Nome this month was 0.91”, 66% of normal for the month and the snowfall totaled 2.5”. A storm originating in the Bering Sea the weekend of the 10th brought record high temperatures and the first ever October thunderstorm. Thunderstorms are considered a rare event even in summer.  However, this event broke all the rules, not only by forming late in the season, but also by striking at night.  As a result, residents of Nome were treated to a show of off shore lightning strikes.