Climate twins of Globe, AZ

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

Top match: Springdale, UT

Month Globe Springdale
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 55.3°F 32.9°F 2.05 in 53.8°F 30.4°F 1.99 in
February 59.4°F 36.3°F 1.90 in 57.6°F 33.6°F 2.06 in
March 67.7°F 40.9°F 1.04 in 66.1°F 38.7°F 2.01 in
April 76.1°F 47.4°F 0.44 in 73.1°F 43.8°F 1.22 in
May 85.2°F 54.7°F 0.35 in 83.5°F 52.5°F 0.77 in
June 96.5°F 64.5°F 0.26 in 95.3°F 62.2°F 0.23 in
July 96.8°F 70.6°F 2.71 in 100.3°F 69.5°F 1.15 in
August 95.3°F 68.9°F 2.08 in 98.0°F 68.7°F 1.63 in
September 90.1°F 63.1°F 1.01 in 90.7°F 61.3°F 1.17 in
October 79.2°F 51.8°F 1.22 in 78.1°F 48.8°F 1.22 in
November 65.2°F 41.0°F 1.05 in 63.9°F 37.3°F 1.18 in
December 55.9°F 32.7°F 1.51 in 52.5°F 29.3°F 1.64 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 →