Climate twins of Nome, AK
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Nome'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: Nome vs its climate twin
Top match: Eek, AK
| Month | Nome | Eek | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 13.2°F | -2.0°F | 0.94 in | 12.7°F | 1.2°F | 0.77 in |
| February | 16.8°F | 1.3°F | 0.99 in | 20.1°F | 6.5°F | 0.88 in |
| March | 17.6°F | 1.6°F | 0.74 in | 22.0°F | 7.0°F | 0.74 in |
| April | 29.4°F | 15.9°F | 0.74 in | 36.9°F | 21.2°F | 0.79 in |
| May | 43.6°F | 30.9°F | 0.89 in | 52.0°F | 34.1°F | 1.21 in |
| June | 55.1°F | 41.5°F | 0.99 in | 62.1°F | 44.5°F | 1.77 in |
| July | 57.7°F | 46.3°F | 2.35 in | 63.6°F | 49.0°F | 2.57 in |
| August | 56.0°F | 44.4°F | 3.22 in | 60.5°F | 47.3°F | 3.36 in |
| September | 49.0°F | 37.2°F | 2.20 in | 52.7°F | 39.4°F | 2.89 in |
| October | 36.0°F | 24.9°F | 1.84 in | 37.9°F | 26.4°F | 1.84 in |
| November | 24.3°F | 12.2°F | 1.27 in | 24.3°F | 12.8°F | 1.80 in |
| December | 16.2°F | 2.0°F | 1.05 in | 16.3°F | 3.7°F | 1.06 in |
Cities that consider Nome their climate twin
These US cities have Nome in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Nome would feel familiar.
- Nunapitchuk, AK (ranks Nome #2)
- Bethel, AK (ranks Nome #2)
- Eek, AK (ranks Nome #2)
- Napakiak, AK (ranks Nome #2)
- Napaskiak, AK (ranks Nome #2)
- Akiak, AK (ranks Nome #2)
- Kwethluk, AK (ranks Nome #2)
- Kotzebue, AK (ranks Nome #2)
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 →