Climate twins of Blanding, UT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Blanding'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: Blanding vs its climate twin
Top match: Escalante, UT
| Month | Blanding | Escalante | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.6°F | 22.3°F | 1.56 in | 43.1°F | 18.8°F | 1.03 in |
| February | 44.6°F | 26.3°F | 1.33 in | 48.0°F | 23.3°F | 0.94 in |
| March | 54.6°F | 32.5°F | 0.96 in | 58.0°F | 29.3°F | 0.75 in |
| April | 62.2°F | 37.6°F | 0.76 in | 65.5°F | 34.8°F | 0.45 in |
| May | 72.5°F | 46.2°F | 0.79 in | 75.5°F | 41.9°F | 0.59 in |
| June | 84.4°F | 55.9°F | 0.34 in | 87.1°F | 50.0°F | 0.40 in |
| July | 88.8°F | 62.1°F | 1.06 in | 92.3°F | 57.1°F | 1.02 in |
| August | 85.9°F | 60.4°F | 1.21 in | 89.1°F | 55.5°F | 1.64 in |
| September | 78.0°F | 53.0°F | 1.29 in | 81.3°F | 47.4°F | 1.28 in |
| October | 64.6°F | 41.7°F | 1.41 in | 68.3°F | 36.8°F | 1.26 in |
| November | 50.7°F | 30.8°F | 0.92 in | 53.8°F | 26.4°F | 0.52 in |
| December | 39.7°F | 22.7°F | 1.26 in | 42.9°F | 18.8°F | 0.68 in |
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 →