Climate twins of Cheney, WA

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cheney'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: Cheney vs its climate twin

Top match: Sisters, OR

Month	Cheney			Sisters
	High	Low	Precip	High	Low	Precip
January	35.7°F	22.0°F	2.19 in	40.8°F	20.8°F	1.74 in
February	40.4°F	21.5°F	1.72 in	43.9°F	21.9°F	1.36 in
March	49.2°F	27.0°F	2.12 in	50.6°F	25.2°F	1.31 in
April	56.7°F	31.9°F	1.49 in	57.1°F	28.8°F	0.77 in
May	66.6°F	37.6°F	1.74 in	66.3°F	34.4°F	1.53 in
June	72.6°F	41.9°F	1.30 in	74.2°F	39.0°F	1.01 in
July	84.1°F	44.7°F	0.33 in	85.6°F	43.4°F	0.55 in
August	83.9°F	43.0°F	0.35 in	84.5°F	42.4°F	0.60 in
September	74.4°F	35.0°F	0.52 in	75.8°F	36.0°F	0.54 in
October	58.7°F	28.8°F	1.56 in	61.3°F	28.6°F	1.09 in
November	43.3°F	24.5°F	2.43 in	47.4°F	24.5°F	2.17 in
December	35.0°F	21.1°F	2.59 in	39.3°F	19.8°F	2.53 in

Cities that consider Cheney their climate twin

These US cities have Cheney in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Cheney would feel familiar.

Sisters, OR (ranks Cheney #3)
La Pine, OR (ranks Cheney #2)
Idaho City, ID (ranks Cheney #3)
Chiloquin, OR (ranks Cheney #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 →