Climate twins of Elko, NV

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Elko'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.

Rank 1 closest
Minidoka, ID
similarity distance: 0.507 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Acequia, ID
similarity distance: 0.507 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Rupert, ID
similarity distance: 0.610 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Elko vs its climate twin

Top match: Minidoka, ID

Month Elko Minidoka
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 37.9°F 16.0°F 1.19 in 36.7°F 18.4°F 1.15 in
February 42.8°F 20.5°F 0.89 in 42.2°F 21.5°F 0.76 in
March 53.1°F 26.8°F 0.97 in 52.9°F 27.7°F 0.85 in
April 59.6°F 31.5°F 1.05 in 60.3°F 32.6°F 0.99 in
May 70.0°F 38.5°F 1.22 in 70.2°F 40.9°F 1.34 in
June 81.5°F 44.9°F 0.57 in 79.2°F 47.8°F 0.72 in
July 91.8°F 52.0°F 0.36 in 89.4°F 54.0°F 0.16 in
August 90.0°F 49.2°F 0.33 in 88.2°F 52.4°F 0.33 in
September 80.1°F 40.5°F 0.59 in 78.1°F 44.3°F 0.68 in
October 65.5°F 29.4°F 0.74 in 64.4°F 34.4°F 0.78 in
November 49.9°F 21.9°F 0.88 in 49.3°F 25.7°F 0.86 in
December 38.0°F 15.4°F 1.20 in 37.3°F 19.0°F 1.18 in

Cities that consider Elko their climate twin

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

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 →