Climate twins of Drummond, ID
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Drummond'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: Drummond vs its climate twin
Top match: Republic, WA
| Month | Drummond | Republic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 28.9°F | 13.4°F | 2.31 in | 31.1°F | 16.1°F | 1.62 in |
| February | 32.6°F | 16.8°F | 1.53 in | 38.2°F | 17.7°F | 1.34 in |
| March | 42.3°F | 24.5°F | 1.29 in | 48.6°F | 23.9°F | 1.54 in |
| April | 53.8°F | 31.4°F | 1.70 in | 58.2°F | 29.3°F | 1.38 in |
| May | 65.3°F | 39.7°F | 2.24 in | 67.9°F | 37.0°F | 2.06 in |
| June | 73.1°F | 45.7°F | 2.15 in | 73.9°F | 42.4°F | 2.17 in |
| July | 82.6°F | 50.9°F | 0.64 in | 84.1°F | 46.5°F | 1.16 in |
| August | 82.7°F | 48.5°F | 0.85 in | 84.0°F | 45.2°F | 0.64 in |
| September | 72.5°F | 41.8°F | 1.17 in | 74.1°F | 37.9°F | 0.87 in |
| October | 57.1°F | 32.2°F | 1.63 in | 56.9°F | 29.4°F | 1.25 in |
| November | 40.1°F | 22.7°F | 1.90 in | 39.7°F | 23.3°F | 1.86 in |
| December | 29.2°F | 14.6°F | 2.26 in | 30.2°F | 16.0°F | 2.19 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 →