Climate twins of Othello, WA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Othello'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: Othello vs its climate twin
Top match: Hagerman, ID
| Month | Othello | Hagerman | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.2°F | 26.6°F | 1.17 in | 38.1°F | 22.2°F | 1.32 in |
| February | 46.1°F | 28.9°F | 0.80 in | 44.9°F | 24.5°F | 0.86 in |
| March | 55.8°F | 32.4°F | 0.84 in | 55.4°F | 30.6°F | 1.03 in |
| April | 64.7°F | 37.3°F | 0.74 in | 62.4°F | 35.4°F | 0.83 in |
| May | 73.8°F | 44.3°F | 0.83 in | 72.3°F | 43.5°F | 1.03 in |
| June | 80.3°F | 50.1°F | 0.58 in | 81.6°F | 50.1°F | 0.57 in |
| July | 89.6°F | 55.2°F | 0.29 in | 91.9°F | 55.9°F | 0.15 in |
| August | 88.1°F | 54.8°F | 0.23 in | 90.5°F | 52.9°F | 0.18 in |
| September | 79.2°F | 47.3°F | 0.30 in | 80.5°F | 44.4°F | 0.42 in |
| October | 63.9°F | 37.6°F | 0.77 in | 65.9°F | 34.9°F | 0.73 in |
| November | 47.6°F | 31.3°F | 1.01 in | 49.5°F | 27.4°F | 1.11 in |
| December | 38.5°F | 27.2°F | 1.27 in | 37.8°F | 22.4°F | 1.58 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 →