Climate twins of Highland, UT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Highland'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: Highland vs its climate twin
Top match: Gypsum, CO
| Month | Highland | Gypsum | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.6°F | 21.6°F | 2.50 in | 35.5°F | 14.8°F | 1.66 in |
| February | 44.0°F | 24.9°F | 2.03 in | 42.5°F | 20.4°F | 1.59 in |
| March | 54.4°F | 31.8°F | 2.03 in | 53.4°F | 28.1°F | 1.33 in |
| April | 60.9°F | 36.8°F | 2.49 in | 61.5°F | 35.1°F | 2.34 in |
| May | 70.6°F | 43.9°F | 2.42 in | 71.2°F | 43.7°F | 2.10 in |
| June | 82.2°F | 51.4°F | 1.00 in | 83.2°F | 51.2°F | 0.99 in |
| July | 89.5°F | 58.5°F | 0.64 in | 89.2°F | 59.3°F | 1.03 in |
| August | 87.3°F | 57.6°F | 0.95 in | 86.6°F | 57.8°F | 1.52 in |
| September | 78.6°F | 48.9°F | 1.33 in | 79.2°F | 50.3°F | 2.17 in |
| October | 65.1°F | 38.8°F | 1.84 in | 65.1°F | 38.0°F | 2.08 in |
| November | 50.2°F | 29.4°F | 1.63 in | 48.8°F | 27.1°F | 1.74 in |
| December | 38.5°F | 21.9°F | 2.26 in | 35.8°F | 15.7°F | 1.48 in |
Cities that consider Highland their climate twin
These US cities have Highland in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Highland would feel familiar.
- Council, ID (ranks Highland #1)
- Orofino, ID (ranks Highland #1)
- Peck, ID (ranks Highland #1)
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 →