Climate twins of Soldotna, AK
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Soldotna'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: Soldotna vs its climate twin
Top match: Egegik, AK
| Month | Soldotna | Egegik | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 21.2°F | 4.8°F | 1.42 in | 23.5°F | 9.8°F | 0.93 in |
| February | 28.3°F | 9.4°F | 1.30 in | 29.5°F | 14.7°F | 0.91 in |
| March | 34.6°F | 11.5°F | 0.74 in | 31.8°F | 15.2°F | 0.76 in |
| April | 45.9°F | 24.4°F | 0.83 in | 44.5°F | 27.6°F | 1.04 in |
| May | 56.1°F | 32.3°F | 0.85 in | 55.2°F | 36.1°F | 1.44 in |
| June | 62.3°F | 40.3°F | 1.32 in | 62.1°F | 43.5°F | 1.83 in |
| July | 65.5°F | 45.0°F | 2.03 in | 64.6°F | 48.9°F | 2.46 in |
| August | 63.7°F | 42.6°F | 2.99 in | 63.3°F | 48.0°F | 3.26 in |
| September | 55.2°F | 36.6°F | 3.95 in | 56.3°F | 41.0°F | 3.40 in |
| October | 42.4°F | 25.5°F | 2.74 in | 43.8°F | 29.0°F | 2.31 in |
| November | 28.1°F | 12.0°F | 1.76 in | 31.9°F | 18.2°F | 1.72 in |
| December | 23.3°F | 8.1°F | 1.65 in | 25.7°F | 11.4°F | 1.38 in |
Cities that consider Soldotna their climate twin
These US cities have Soldotna in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Soldotna would feel familiar.
- Egegik, AK (ranks Soldotna #3)
- Bethel, AK (ranks Soldotna #1)
- Eek, AK (ranks Soldotna #1)
- Kwethluk, AK (ranks Soldotna #1)
- Napakiak, AK (ranks Soldotna #1)
- Napaskiak, AK (ranks Soldotna #1)
- Akiak, AK (ranks Soldotna #1)
- Nunapitchuk, AK (ranks Soldotna #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 →