Climate twins of Ferdinand, ID

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

Top match: Northport, WA

Month Ferdinand Northport
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 37.1°F 24.7°F 1.81 in 31.1°F 20.5°F 2.24 in
February 40.2°F 26.3°F 1.64 in 38.7°F 22.0°F 1.32 in
March 47.6°F 30.5°F 2.12 in 49.1°F 27.2°F 1.64 in
April 53.9°F 35.1°F 2.67 in 59.6°F 32.7°F 1.68 in
May 63.0°F 42.2°F 2.78 in 69.6°F 40.8°F 2.12 in
June 69.4°F 48.1°F 2.64 in 75.2°F 46.7°F 2.44 in
July 80.6°F 56.1°F 1.16 in 85.4°F 50.7°F 1.01 in
August 81.4°F 55.9°F 0.84 in 85.7°F 49.7°F 0.61 in
September 72.2°F 48.7°F 1.06 in 75.2°F 42.6°F 0.97 in
October 57.4°F 38.7°F 1.77 in 56.9°F 33.9°F 1.56 in
November 43.6°F 29.9°F 2.20 in 40.5°F 27.3°F 2.24 in
December 35.8°F 23.6°F 1.93 in 31.5°F 21.5°F 2.47 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 →