Climate twins of Cold Bay, AK
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cold Bay'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: Cold Bay vs its climate twin
Top match: Sand Point, AK
| Month | Cold Bay | Sand Point | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 33.2°F | 23.7°F | 3.38 in | 35.2°F | 26.6°F | 3.99 in |
| February | 35.0°F | 25.5°F | 3.17 in | 34.9°F | 27.9°F | 4.43 in |
| March | 35.4°F | 24.4°F | 2.98 in | 34.7°F | 27.0°F | 2.41 in |
| April | 40.2°F | 29.8°F | 2.70 in | 39.5°F | 31.1°F | 2.64 in |
| May | 46.5°F | 35.5°F | 2.64 in | 45.5°F | 36.2°F | 4.01 in |
| June | 52.1°F | 42.0°F | 2.74 in | 51.9°F | 42.5°F | 3.10 in |
| July | 56.2°F | 46.9°F | 2.51 in | 56.1°F | 46.6°F | 2.93 in |
| August | 57.2°F | 48.1°F | 3.71 in | 57.0°F | 48.1°F | 3.89 in |
| September | 53.4°F | 43.4°F | 4.50 in | 53.4°F | 44.0°F | 4.95 in |
| October | 46.5°F | 36.1°F | 4.93 in | 45.5°F | 36.9°F | 4.97 in |
| November | 39.9°F | 30.6°F | 4.99 in | 40.1°F | 32.6°F | 5.09 in |
| December | 35.6°F | 25.9°F | 4.42 in | 36.5°F | 28.9°F | 6.51 in |
Cities that consider Cold Bay their climate twin
These US cities have Cold Bay in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Cold Bay would feel familiar.
- Sand Point, AK (ranks Cold Bay #2)
- Seldovia, AK (ranks Cold Bay #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 →