Climate twins of Kodiak, AK
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Kodiak'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: Kodiak vs its climate twin
Top match: Seward, AK
| Month | Kodiak | Seward | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 35.8°F | 27.3°F | 7.91 in | 31.3°F | 21.1°F | 6.47 in |
| February | 37.2°F | 28.4°F | 6.03 in | 34.3°F | 23.5°F | 6.35 in |
| March | 38.1°F | 28.0°F | 5.11 in | 37.3°F | 24.9°F | 3.85 in |
| April | 43.3°F | 33.7°F | 5.61 in | 45.4°F | 32.2°F | 4.29 in |
| May | 49.5°F | 39.6°F | 5.40 in | 53.4°F | 39.2°F | 3.50 in |
| June | 55.2°F | 45.1°F | 5.11 in | 59.0°F | 45.7°F | 2.34 in |
| July | 59.9°F | 49.7°F | 4.50 in | 62.2°F | 50.2°F | 3.11 in |
| August | 60.9°F | 50.2°F | 4.98 in | 62.0°F | 49.6°F | 5.39 in |
| September | 55.4°F | 45.1°F | 7.25 in | 55.7°F | 43.4°F | 9.90 in |
| October | 47.2°F | 37.6°F | 8.33 in | 45.7°F | 34.7°F | 8.69 in |
| November | 40.7°F | 31.7°F | 7.10 in | 36.1°F | 26.6°F | 7.60 in |
| December | 36.8°F | 28.2°F | 8.26 in | 33.2°F | 23.2°F | 8.22 in |
Cities that consider Kodiak their climate twin
These US cities have Kodiak in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Kodiak would feel familiar.
- Akutan, AK (ranks Kodiak #3)
- Unalaska, AK (ranks Kodiak #3)
- Edna Bay, AK (ranks Kodiak #3)
- Kasaan, AK (ranks Kodiak #3)
- Coffman Cove, AK (ranks Kodiak #3)
- Thorne Bay, AK (ranks Kodiak #3)
- Pittman Center, TN (ranks Kodiak #3)
- Hydaburg, AK (ranks Kodiak #1)
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 →