Climate twins of Pocatello, ID
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Pocatello'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: Pocatello vs its climate twin
Top match: Nephi, UT
| Month | Pocatello | Nephi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.3°F | 20.9°F | 1.08 in | 36.9°F | 19.8°F | 1.30 in |
| February | 40.6°F | 22.1°F | 0.95 in | 42.4°F | 24.1°F | 1.24 in |
| March | 52.1°F | 30.9°F | 1.31 in | 53.2°F | 30.7°F | 1.38 in |
| April | 60.8°F | 36.7°F | 1.42 in | 59.5°F | 35.7°F | 1.64 in |
| May | 70.5°F | 44.3°F | 1.46 in | 69.9°F | 44.0°F | 1.52 in |
| June | 80.0°F | 51.9°F | 1.16 in | 81.5°F | 52.9°F | 0.77 in |
| July | 90.7°F | 59.0°F | 0.55 in | 89.5°F | 61.3°F | 0.55 in |
| August | 88.6°F | 56.9°F | 0.85 in | 87.1°F | 59.7°F | 0.73 in |
| September | 78.4°F | 48.7°F | 1.02 in | 77.9°F | 50.2°F | 0.95 in |
| October | 63.2°F | 38.4°F | 1.04 in | 63.7°F | 38.1°F | 1.33 in |
| November | 47.3°F | 28.5°F | 0.96 in | 49.3°F | 28.0°F | 1.09 in |
| December | 36.1°F | 21.0°F | 1.17 in | 36.8°F | 19.8°F | 1.24 in |
Cities that consider Pocatello their climate twin
These US cities have Pocatello in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Pocatello would feel familiar.
- Nephi, UT (ranks Pocatello #1)
- Mona, UT (ranks Pocatello #1)
- Saratoga Springs, UT (ranks Pocatello #1)
- Lehi, UT (ranks Pocatello #1)
- Levan, UT (ranks Pocatello #1)
- Scipio, UT (ranks Pocatello #1)
- Rush Valley, UT (ranks Pocatello #1)
- Enoch, UT (ranks Pocatello #2)
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 →