Climate twins of Buhl, ID
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Buhl'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: Buhl vs its climate twin
Top match: Elmer City, WA
| Month | Buhl | Elmer City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.5°F | 21.8°F | 0.99 in | 32.7°F | 23.3°F | 1.15 in |
| February | 42.1°F | 24.9°F | 0.73 in | 39.5°F | 25.3°F | 0.88 in |
| March | 52.6°F | 32.2°F | 1.19 in | 50.7°F | 31.5°F | 1.07 in |
| April | 59.4°F | 36.9°F | 1.05 in | 60.6°F | 37.7°F | 0.97 in |
| May | 68.8°F | 45.0°F | 1.36 in | 70.8°F | 45.8°F | 1.11 in |
| June | 77.4°F | 52.2°F | 0.65 in | 77.8°F | 52.0°F | 1.15 in |
| July | 88.4°F | 59.7°F | 0.21 in | 87.6°F | 59.4°F | 0.49 in |
| August | 86.8°F | 58.3°F | 0.35 in | 86.9°F | 58.3°F | 0.33 in |
| September | 76.9°F | 48.9°F | 0.44 in | 76.8°F | 50.5°F | 0.36 in |
| October | 62.5°F | 38.0°F | 0.88 in | 60.2°F | 40.1°F | 0.94 in |
| November | 47.4°F | 28.2°F | 1.10 in | 43.0°F | 30.9°F | 1.20 in |
| December | 36.9°F | 22.5°F | 1.20 in | 33.1°F | 23.9°F | 1.42 in |
Cities that consider Buhl their climate twin
These US cities have Buhl in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Buhl would feel familiar.
- Coulee Dam, WA (ranks Buhl #2)
- Electric City, WA (ranks Buhl #2)
- Elmer City, WA (ranks Buhl #2)
- Grand Coulee, WA (ranks Buhl #2)
- Winnemucca, NV (ranks Buhl #3)
- Enoch, UT (ranks Buhl #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 →