The Alaskan city of Nome has seen the fifth coldest April on record, with temperatures on April 8 hitting an all-time daily record.
Nome registered an average temperature of 8.4 degrees Fahrenheit in April.
“That is 14 degrees below the normal,” Rick Thoman, from the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, said in an interview with Knom Catholic community radio station. “On April 8, Nome airport did get to 30 below, and that tied the all-time record. Temperatures were not as far below normal (during) the second half of the month, so that pulled up the average some. It really was quite a cold April.”…