Climate twins of Seward, AK
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Seward'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: Seward vs its climate twin
Top match: Tenakee Springs, AK
| Month | Seward | Tenakee Springs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.3°F | 21.1°F | 6.47 in | 34.4°F | 26.7°F | 6.75 in |
| February | 34.3°F | 23.5°F | 6.35 in | 36.7°F | 26.7°F | 5.02 in |
| March | 37.3°F | 24.9°F | 3.85 in | 39.9°F | 28.4°F | 4.43 in |
| April | 45.4°F | 32.2°F | 4.29 in | 48.5°F | 33.4°F | 3.13 in |
| May | 53.4°F | 39.2°F | 3.50 in | 57.5°F | 39.8°F | 2.51 in |
| June | 59.0°F | 45.7°F | 2.34 in | 62.3°F | 46.9°F | 2.67 in |
| July | 62.2°F | 50.2°F | 3.11 in | 64.5°F | 51.0°F | 3.30 in |
| August | 62.0°F | 49.6°F | 5.39 in | 64.4°F | 50.5°F | 4.86 in |
| September | 55.7°F | 43.4°F | 9.90 in | 57.7°F | 44.9°F | 7.26 in |
| October | 45.7°F | 34.7°F | 8.69 in | 48.1°F | 37.7°F | 9.19 in |
| November | 36.1°F | 26.6°F | 7.60 in | 39.0°F | 31.0°F | 8.81 in |
| December | 33.2°F | 23.2°F | 8.22 in | 35.6°F | 28.3°F | 7.86 in |
Cities that consider Seward their climate twin
These US cities have Seward in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Seward would feel familiar.
- Hoonah, AK (ranks Seward #1)
- Tenakee Springs, AK (ranks Seward #1)
- Gustavus, AK (ranks Seward #1)
- Kodiak, AK (ranks Seward #1)
- Edna Bay, AK (ranks Seward #1)
- Whale Pass, AK (ranks Seward #1)
- Klawock, AK (ranks Seward #1)
- Craig, AK (ranks Seward #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 →