Climate twins of Pierce, ID
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Pierce'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: Pierce vs its climate twin
Top match: Alta, UT
| Month | Pierce | Alta | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 35.0°F | 18.5°F | 5.50 in | 30.7°F | 15.0°F | 6.37 in |
| February | 39.4°F | 19.7°F | 4.09 in | 30.7°F | 15.4°F | 5.40 in |
| March | 46.8°F | 23.6°F | 4.35 in | 36.8°F | 20.2°F | 6.17 in |
| April | 54.4°F | 29.2°F | 4.03 in | 42.3°F | 24.8°F | 4.78 in |
| May | 64.3°F | 35.9°F | 3.83 in | 52.6°F | 33.4°F | 3.47 in |
| June | 71.2°F | 41.7°F | 3.34 in | 64.4°F | 42.2°F | 1.96 in |
| July | 82.5°F | 45.3°F | 1.27 in | 72.9°F | 50.3°F | 1.48 in |
| August | 82.5°F | 42.8°F | 1.01 in | 71.3°F | 49.1°F | 2.07 in |
| September | 72.7°F | 36.1°F | 1.61 in | 62.2°F | 41.1°F | 2.58 in |
| October | 57.6°F | 29.6°F | 3.42 in | 49.5°F | 31.0°F | 3.50 in |
| November | 42.1°F | 24.3°F | 4.91 in | 37.4°F | 20.7°F | 4.17 in |
| December | 33.5°F | 18.5°F | 5.70 in | 30.2°F | 14.5°F | 5.13 in |
Cities that consider Pierce their climate twin
These US cities have Pierce in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Pierce would feel familiar.
- Alta, UT (ranks Pierce #1)
- Brighton, UT (ranks Pierce #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 →