Climate twins of Payette, ID
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Payette'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: Payette vs its climate twin
Top match: Prosser, WA
| Month | Payette | Prosser | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.1°F | 24.0°F | 1.42 in | 40.1°F | 26.8°F | 1.24 in |
| February | 47.8°F | 27.6°F | 1.07 in | 46.7°F | 28.6°F | 0.90 in |
| March | 58.1°F | 34.0°F | 0.97 in | 55.9°F | 34.9°F | 0.69 in |
| April | 65.1°F | 39.1°F | 0.82 in | 64.6°F | 39.9°F | 0.74 in |
| May | 73.9°F | 47.7°F | 1.29 in | 74.1°F | 47.9°F | 0.88 in |
| June | 81.1°F | 54.3°F | 0.82 in | 80.9°F | 53.6°F | 0.68 in |
| July | 91.8°F | 61.1°F | 0.36 in | 90.4°F | 59.5°F | 0.21 in |
| August | 90.3°F | 58.8°F | 0.24 in | 89.2°F | 57.7°F | 0.16 in |
| September | 80.3°F | 50.1°F | 0.85 in | 79.7°F | 50.1°F | 0.27 in |
| October | 67.1°F | 39.0°F | 0.63 in | 64.7°F | 40.8°F | 0.77 in |
| November | 51.5°F | 30.3°F | 1.03 in | 49.3°F | 31.7°F | 0.86 in |
| December | 40.0°F | 24.4°F | 1.75 in | 39.5°F | 26.3°F | 1.33 in |
Cities that consider Payette their climate twin
These US cities have Payette in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Payette would feel familiar.
- Dietrich, ID (ranks Payette #3)
- Shoshone, ID (ranks Payette #1)
- Wenatchee, WA (ranks Payette #2)
- Cashmere, WA (ranks Payette #2)
- East Wenatchee, WA (ranks Payette #2)
- Boardman, OR (ranks Payette #2)
- Arlington, OR (ranks Payette #3)
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 →