Climate twins of Murtaugh, ID
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Murtaugh'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: Murtaugh vs its climate twin
Top match: Hartline, WA
| Month | Murtaugh | Hartline | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 35.8°F | 19.8°F | 1.34 in | 32.4°F | 22.6°F | 1.34 in |
| February | 41.2°F | 22.6°F | 0.84 in | 39.9°F | 25.3°F | 0.72 in |
| March | 52.1°F | 29.3°F | 1.05 in | 49.9°F | 30.5°F | 1.04 in |
| April | 59.2°F | 33.5°F | 0.97 in | 59.5°F | 35.7°F | 0.81 in |
| May | 69.1°F | 41.9°F | 1.25 in | 69.5°F | 43.7°F | 1.09 in |
| June | 78.6°F | 48.8°F | 0.71 in | 76.4°F | 49.3°F | 0.89 in |
| July | 89.2°F | 56.1°F | 0.20 in | 86.3°F | 56.9°F | 0.55 in |
| August | 87.8°F | 53.7°F | 0.29 in | 85.9°F | 56.6°F | 0.38 in |
| September | 77.6°F | 44.8°F | 0.50 in | 76.3°F | 48.0°F | 0.34 in |
| October | 62.6°F | 34.3°F | 0.96 in | 60.4°F | 37.7°F | 0.91 in |
| November | 47.3°F | 25.7°F | 1.06 in | 43.4°F | 29.4°F | 1.25 in |
| December | 36.2°F | 19.8°F | 1.55 in | 32.7°F | 22.6°F | 1.57 in |
Cities that consider Murtaugh their climate twin
These US cities have Murtaugh in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Murtaugh would feel familiar.
- Almira, WA (ranks Murtaugh #1)
- Coulee City, WA (ranks Murtaugh #1)
- Hartline, WA (ranks Murtaugh #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 →