Climate twins of Newton, UT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Newton'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: Newton vs its climate twin
Top match: Levan, UT
| Month | Newton | Levan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.7°F | 16.7°F | 1.92 in | 38.9°F | 17.6°F | 1.26 in |
| February | 37.2°F | 20.7°F | 1.51 in | 44.2°F | 22.0°F | 1.29 in |
| March | 50.0°F | 29.9°F | 1.51 in | 55.4°F | 29.1°F | 1.54 in |
| April | 59.0°F | 35.8°F | 1.83 in | 62.6°F | 33.9°F | 1.61 in |
| May | 68.8°F | 44.5°F | 2.23 in | 71.9°F | 41.9°F | 1.53 in |
| June | 79.3°F | 52.0°F | 1.12 in | 83.5°F | 50.6°F | 0.70 in |
| July | 89.4°F | 59.7°F | 0.54 in | 90.9°F | 58.5°F | 0.68 in |
| August | 88.0°F | 58.1°F | 0.70 in | 89.1°F | 57.0°F | 0.57 in |
| September | 77.3°F | 48.5°F | 1.19 in | 80.2°F | 48.0°F | 0.99 in |
| October | 62.4°F | 37.4°F | 1.56 in | 66.7°F | 36.7°F | 1.41 in |
| November | 46.6°F | 27.6°F | 1.23 in | 51.4°F | 26.1°F | 1.14 in |
| December | 33.2°F | 18.0°F | 1.57 in | 38.9°F | 17.7°F | 1.41 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 →