Climate twins of Hansen, ID
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hansen'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: Hansen vs its climate twin
Top match: Odessa, WA
| Month | Hansen | Odessa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.9°F | 21.8°F | 1.20 in | 36.3°F | 23.1°F | 1.51 in |
| February | 42.2°F | 24.8°F | 0.81 in | 43.2°F | 25.0°F | 1.01 in |
| March | 52.6°F | 30.7°F | 1.11 in | 52.9°F | 29.7°F | 1.07 in |
| April | 59.1°F | 34.8°F | 1.16 in | 61.8°F | 33.9°F | 0.83 in |
| May | 68.0°F | 42.7°F | 1.44 in | 71.3°F | 41.2°F | 1.01 in |
| June | 77.0°F | 49.0°F | 0.75 in | 78.2°F | 46.8°F | 0.77 in |
| July | 86.8°F | 54.8°F | 0.24 in | 87.6°F | 52.1°F | 0.37 in |
| August | 85.5°F | 52.9°F | 0.35 in | 87.1°F | 51.3°F | 0.24 in |
| September | 75.9°F | 44.9°F | 0.49 in | 77.8°F | 43.4°F | 0.34 in |
| October | 62.7°F | 35.5°F | 0.84 in | 61.9°F | 34.3°F | 0.90 in |
| November | 48.3°F | 27.4°F | 0.97 in | 45.9°F | 27.5°F | 1.37 in |
| December | 37.1°F | 21.4°F | 1.44 in | 35.8°F | 21.9°F | 1.66 in |
Cities that consider Hansen their climate twin
These US cities have Hansen in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Hansen would feel familiar.
- Krupp, WA (ranks Hansen #2)
- Odessa, WA (ranks Hansen #2)
- Ritzville, WA (ranks Hansen #3)
- Selah, WA (ranks Hansen #3)
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 →