Climate twins of Cascade, ID
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cascade'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: Cascade vs its climate twin
Top match: Athol, ID
| Month | Cascade | Athol | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.6°F | 14.8°F | 2.96 in | 34.7°F | 22.6°F | 2.38 in |
| February | 37.1°F | 17.4°F | 2.45 in | 38.0°F | 23.3°F | 1.83 in |
| March | 44.9°F | 23.7°F | 2.63 in | 45.3°F | 27.7°F | 2.50 in |
| April | 52.9°F | 29.6°F | 2.05 in | 54.1°F | 32.8°F | 2.06 in |
| May | 62.8°F | 37.2°F | 2.13 in | 64.0°F | 39.1°F | 2.33 in |
| June | 70.3°F | 43.0°F | 1.77 in | 70.5°F | 45.2°F | 1.93 in |
| July | 82.2°F | 48.3°F | 0.50 in | 80.2°F | 49.7°F | 0.91 in |
| August | 81.9°F | 46.8°F | 0.44 in | 79.5°F | 49.0°F | 0.92 in |
| September | 72.5°F | 39.6°F | 0.99 in | 68.9°F | 42.2°F | 0.99 in |
| October | 57.9°F | 31.3°F | 1.71 in | 54.1°F | 33.2°F | 2.16 in |
| November | 41.7°F | 24.5°F | 2.61 in | 41.6°F | 27.4°F | 3.06 in |
| December | 31.5°F | 16.1°F | 3.51 in | 34.4°F | 22.3°F | 3.58 in |
Cities that consider Cascade their climate twin
These US cities have Cascade in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Cascade would feel familiar.
- Athol, ID (ranks Cascade #1)
- Unity, OR (ranks Cascade #1)
- Deer Park, WA (ranks Cascade #2)
- Garfield, WA (ranks Cascade #3)
- Palouse, WA (ranks Cascade #3)
- Farmington, WA (ranks Cascade #3)
- Onaway, ID (ranks Cascade #3)
- Potlatch, ID (ranks Cascade #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 →