Climate twins of Cottonwood Heights, UT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cottonwood Heights'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: Cottonwood Heights vs its climate twin
Top match: Walla Walla, WA
| Month | Cottonwood Heights | Walla Walla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.1°F | 22.8°F | 2.16 in | 41.9°F | 30.7°F | 2.10 in |
| February | 44.1°F | 27.0°F | 2.31 in | 46.5°F | 32.9°F | 1.59 in |
| March | 53.9°F | 34.2°F | 2.66 in | 55.8°F | 37.8°F | 2.11 in |
| April | 60.7°F | 39.5°F | 3.34 in | 62.5°F | 42.5°F | 1.98 in |
| May | 70.6°F | 48.2°F | 2.83 in | 71.4°F | 49.3°F | 2.07 in |
| June | 81.9°F | 57.3°F | 1.36 in | 79.0°F | 55.1°F | 1.24 in |
| July | 90.7°F | 67.5°F | 0.60 in | 90.1°F | 62.4°F | 0.47 in |
| August | 88.6°F | 65.9°F | 0.91 in | 88.6°F | 61.7°F | 0.40 in |
| September | 78.7°F | 56.4°F | 1.62 in | 78.5°F | 53.9°F | 0.64 in |
| October | 64.2°F | 43.4°F | 2.09 in | 63.4°F | 43.9°F | 1.66 in |
| November | 49.1°F | 31.5°F | 2.10 in | 49.2°F | 35.6°F | 2.25 in |
| December | 38.3°F | 23.1°F | 2.36 in | 41.0°F | 30.2°F | 2.23 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 →