Climate twins of Tanana, AK
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Tanana'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: Tanana vs its climate twin
Top match: Eagle, AK
| Month | Tanana | Eagle | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | -1.2°F | -17.4°F | 0.38 in | -1.0°F | -17.3°F | 0.60 in |
| February | 8.2°F | -10.6°F | 0.44 in | 9.1°F | -12.1°F | 0.44 in |
| March | 18.9°F | -6.3°F | 0.24 in | 22.2°F | -7.7°F | 0.39 in |
| April | 39.3°F | 15.6°F | 0.30 in | 43.8°F | 15.2°F | 0.34 in |
| May | 58.9°F | 33.4°F | 0.64 in | 61.2°F | 33.1°F | 1.06 in |
| June | 70.1°F | 45.4°F | 1.48 in | 72.3°F | 44.7°F | 1.73 in |
| July | 70.8°F | 48.8°F | 1.95 in | 73.4°F | 47.9°F | 2.55 in |
| August | 63.9°F | 43.2°F | 2.68 in | 66.5°F | 41.6°F | 2.18 in |
| September | 51.8°F | 33.5°F | 1.68 in | 54.0°F | 30.9°F | 1.25 in |
| October | 31.3°F | 17.4°F | 0.71 in | 33.3°F | 15.7°F | 0.94 in |
| November | 10.5°F | -4.0°F | 0.56 in | 11.7°F | -4.1°F | 0.72 in |
| December | 2.4°F | -12.9°F | 0.41 in | 4.2°F | -12.4°F | 0.67 in |
Cities that consider Tanana their climate twin
These US cities have Tanana in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Tanana would feel familiar.
- Eagle, AK (ranks Tanana #1)
- Galena, AK (ranks Tanana #1)
- Koyukuk, AK (ranks Tanana #1)
- Ruby, AK (ranks Tanana #1)
- North Pole, AK (ranks Tanana #2)
- Anderson, AK (ranks Tanana #2)
- Delta Junction, AK (ranks Tanana #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 →