Climate twins of Kenai, AK
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Kenai'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: Kenai vs its climate twin
Top match: Egegik, AK
| Month | Kenai | Egegik | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 22.4°F | 7.4°F | 0.89 in | 23.5°F | 9.8°F | 0.93 in |
| February | 28.1°F | 11.6°F | 0.83 in | 29.5°F | 14.7°F | 0.91 in |
| March | 32.7°F | 14.4°F | 0.64 in | 31.8°F | 15.2°F | 0.76 in |
| April | 44.3°F | 27.7°F | 0.58 in | 44.5°F | 27.6°F | 1.04 in |
| May | 54.5°F | 36.4°F | 0.79 in | 55.2°F | 36.1°F | 1.44 in |
| June | 60.2°F | 44.0°F | 1.20 in | 62.1°F | 43.5°F | 1.83 in |
| July | 63.3°F | 48.8°F | 1.98 in | 64.6°F | 48.9°F | 2.46 in |
| August | 62.7°F | 46.8°F | 2.68 in | 63.3°F | 48.0°F | 3.26 in |
| September | 55.7°F | 39.8°F | 3.57 in | 56.3°F | 41.0°F | 3.40 in |
| October | 43.1°F | 28.6°F | 2.56 in | 43.8°F | 29.0°F | 2.31 in |
| November | 30.2°F | 16.1°F | 1.41 in | 31.9°F | 18.2°F | 1.72 in |
| December | 25.1°F | 11.0°F | 1.14 in | 25.7°F | 11.4°F | 1.38 in |
Cities that consider Kenai their climate twin
These US cities have Kenai in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Kenai would feel familiar.
- Egegik, AK (ranks Kenai #1)
- Newhalen, AK (ranks Kenai #2)
- Nondalton, AK (ranks Kenai #2)
- Kwethluk, AK (ranks Kenai #3)
- Napakiak, AK (ranks Kenai #3)
- Napaskiak, AK (ranks Kenai #3)
- Nunapitchuk, AK (ranks Kenai #3)
- Akiak, AK (ranks Kenai #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 →