Climate twins of Lapwai, ID
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lapwai'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: Lapwai vs its climate twin
Top match: Dayville, OR
| Month | Lapwai | Dayville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.1°F | 30.3°F | 1.13 in | 45.3°F | 28.8°F | 1.12 in |
| February | 47.0°F | 31.7°F | 1.04 in | 50.4°F | 29.0°F | 0.85 in |
| March | 55.1°F | 35.7°F | 1.30 in | 57.5°F | 33.4°F | 1.27 in |
| April | 62.3°F | 40.7°F | 1.44 in | 63.0°F | 37.1°F | 1.38 in |
| May | 72.0°F | 48.1°F | 1.69 in | 72.7°F | 43.6°F | 1.95 in |
| June | 79.0°F | 54.0°F | 1.25 in | 81.0°F | 49.2°F | 1.38 in |
| July | 90.8°F | 60.9°F | 0.47 in | 92.6°F | 54.6°F | 0.53 in |
| August | 90.1°F | 60.3°F | 0.51 in | 91.9°F | 53.3°F | 0.54 in |
| September | 79.5°F | 52.3°F | 0.60 in | 82.4°F | 47.0°F | 0.56 in |
| October | 63.0°F | 42.0°F | 1.08 in | 67.5°F | 38.7°F | 1.09 in |
| November | 48.7°F | 34.5°F | 1.23 in | 53.5°F | 32.5°F | 1.32 in |
| December | 40.8°F | 29.5°F | 1.13 in | 45.5°F | 27.4°F | 1.14 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 →