Climate twins of Cambridge, ID
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cambridge'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: Cambridge vs its climate twin
Top match: Marcus, WA
| Month | Cambridge | Marcus | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 29.7°F | 17.0°F | 3.24 in | 34.3°F | 23.2°F | 2.20 in |
| February | 37.0°F | 20.5°F | 2.40 in | 41.9°F | 23.9°F | 1.47 in |
| March | 50.8°F | 29.1°F | 2.26 in | 52.8°F | 29.5°F | 1.89 in |
| April | 61.6°F | 35.2°F | 1.57 in | 62.5°F | 35.3°F | 1.53 in |
| May | 71.7°F | 42.3°F | 1.81 in | 72.2°F | 43.0°F | 1.93 in |
| June | 80.3°F | 49.0°F | 1.29 in | 78.3°F | 48.6°F | 2.14 in |
| July | 92.5°F | 56.1°F | 0.38 in | 88.4°F | 52.6°F | 0.83 in |
| August | 91.6°F | 53.7°F | 0.32 in | 88.5°F | 51.0°F | 0.68 in |
| September | 80.3°F | 44.1°F | 0.57 in | 78.2°F | 43.8°F | 0.72 in |
| October | 62.6°F | 34.3°F | 1.30 in | 60.6°F | 34.5°F | 1.51 in |
| November | 43.9°F | 26.0°F | 2.40 in | 43.5°F | 28.9°F | 2.19 in |
| December | 31.6°F | 19.1°F | 3.86 in | 34.2°F | 23.5°F | 2.80 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 →