Climate twins of Joseph, OR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Joseph'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: Joseph vs its climate twin
Top match: Laketown, UT
| Month | Joseph | Laketown | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 34.9°F | 18.8°F | 1.26 in | 30.5°F | 13.9°F | 1.29 in |
| February | 39.1°F | 19.3°F | 1.06 in | 32.8°F | 14.6°F | 1.22 in |
| March | 46.3°F | 26.2°F | 1.43 in | 42.6°F | 22.6°F | 1.28 in |
| April | 51.8°F | 30.4°F | 1.92 in | 52.8°F | 29.9°F | 1.66 in |
| May | 61.0°F | 38.5°F | 2.61 in | 62.2°F | 37.2°F | 1.94 in |
| June | 68.4°F | 44.3°F | 1.91 in | 72.5°F | 43.7°F | 1.09 in |
| July | 79.3°F | 48.8°F | 0.85 in | 80.7°F | 50.9°F | 0.60 in |
| August | 79.7°F | 49.4°F | 0.70 in | 79.8°F | 49.9°F | 0.90 in |
| September | 70.6°F | 43.4°F | 1.12 in | 70.4°F | 42.2°F | 1.06 in |
| October | 56.1°F | 33.9°F | 1.39 in | 57.1°F | 33.1°F | 1.30 in |
| November | 42.7°F | 25.1°F | 1.39 in | 42.0°F | 23.9°F | 1.29 in |
| December | 34.7°F | 17.7°F | 1.29 in | 31.8°F | 16.0°F | 1.27 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 →