Climate twins of Akutan, AK
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Akutan's. Each "twin" must be at least 140 miles away to avoid trivial near-neighbor matches. Similarity is computed across all 24 monthly metrics (12 average temperatures + 12 average precipitations), normalized so temperature and precipitation contribute equally.
Side-by-side: Akutan vs its climate twin
Top match: Tenakee Springs, AK
| Month | Akutan | Tenakee Springs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.3°F | 28.7°F | 6.79 in | 34.4°F | 26.7°F | 6.75 in |
| February | 38.6°F | 29.4°F | 5.18 in | 36.7°F | 26.7°F | 5.02 in |
| March | 38.9°F | 29.2°F | 4.65 in | 39.9°F | 28.4°F | 4.43 in |
| April | 41.8°F | 32.5°F | 3.47 in | 48.5°F | 33.4°F | 3.13 in |
| May | 46.7°F | 37.4°F | 4.20 in | 57.5°F | 39.8°F | 2.51 in |
| June | 52.3°F | 42.4°F | 2.52 in | 62.3°F | 46.9°F | 2.67 in |
| July | 57.4°F | 46.6°F | 2.30 in | 64.5°F | 51.0°F | 3.30 in |
| August | 59.3°F | 48.1°F | 2.86 in | 64.4°F | 50.5°F | 4.86 in |
| September | 54.6°F | 44.2°F | 5.73 in | 57.7°F | 44.9°F | 7.26 in |
| October | 48.1°F | 38.4°F | 7.89 in | 48.1°F | 37.7°F | 9.19 in |
| November | 43.3°F | 33.2°F | 6.66 in | 39.0°F | 31.0°F | 8.81 in |
| December | 39.3°F | 30.6°F | 7.88 in | 35.6°F | 28.3°F | 7.86 in |
Cities that consider Akutan their climate twin
These US cities have Akutan in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Akutan would feel familiar.
- Hoonah, AK (ranks Akutan #3)
- Tenakee Springs, AK (ranks Akutan #3)
- Kodiak, AK (ranks Akutan #3)
- Gustavus, AK (ranks Akutan #3)
How this is computed
Each city is represented by a 24-dimensional vector: 12 monthly average temperatures and 12 monthly average precipitations. Each dimension is z-score normalized across the population of US cities, so that temperature variance and precipitation variance contribute proportionally. Distance between cities is Euclidean. We filter out cities within 2° latitude/longitude (~140 miles) so that "twins" mean climatically similar but geographically distinct — not just the neighboring town. Full methodology →