Climate twins of Meridian, ID
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Meridian'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: Meridian vs its climate twin
Top match: Dietrich, ID
| Month | Meridian | Dietrich | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.8°F | 25.5°F | 1.41 in | 37.2°F | 23.3°F | 1.57 in |
| February | 46.0°F | 29.0°F | 1.00 in | 43.0°F | 26.1°F | 0.90 in |
| March | 55.5°F | 34.9°F | 1.33 in | 54.5°F | 32.7°F | 1.14 in |
| April | 62.3°F | 39.6°F | 1.23 in | 63.5°F | 38.2°F | 0.81 in |
| May | 72.3°F | 47.5°F | 1.45 in | 73.8°F | 46.7°F | 1.07 in |
| June | 81.4°F | 54.1°F | 0.75 in | 84.0°F | 53.5°F | 0.56 in |
| July | 92.7°F | 61.9°F | 0.21 in | 94.1°F | 61.7°F | 0.16 in |
| August | 90.7°F | 60.8°F | 0.17 in | 92.4°F | 59.9°F | 0.30 in |
| September | 80.0°F | 52.6°F | 0.43 in | 81.4°F | 50.9°F | 0.46 in |
| October | 64.8°F | 41.5°F | 0.81 in | 65.9°F | 40.2°F | 0.76 in |
| November | 48.8°F | 31.7°F | 1.18 in | 49.5°F | 31.1°F | 1.02 in |
| December | 38.8°F | 25.4°F | 1.54 in | 37.7°F | 23.8°F | 1.72 in |
Cities that consider Meridian their climate twin
These US cities have Meridian in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Meridian would feel familiar.
- Dietrich, ID (ranks Meridian #1)
- Leamington, UT (ranks Meridian #1)
- Lynndyl, UT (ranks Meridian #1)
- Oak City, UT (ranks Meridian #1)
- Salt Lake City, UT (ranks Meridian #1)
- Taylorsville, UT (ranks Meridian #1)
- West Valley City, UT (ranks Meridian #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 →