Nome: Coldest January on record

AccuWeather.com - Ken Clark | So Very, Very Cold In Alaska For January with Impressive Records

Many places had either the coldest January on record, or one of the coldest, and some places set the coldest month ever on record.

-Fairbanks: January 2012 was the fifth coldest on record with an average temperature of minus 26.9. Coldest January since 1971. Coldest low was minus 51 on Jan. 29.

-Nome: Coldest January on record with an average temperature of -16.6, records go back to 1909