Climate twins of Rush Valley, UT

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rush Valley'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: Rush Valley vs its climate twin

Top match: Pocatello, ID

Month Rush Valley Pocatello
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 38.5°F 18.8°F 1.55 in 36.3°F 20.9°F 1.08 in
February 42.9°F 22.4°F 1.62 in 40.6°F 22.1°F 0.95 in
March 51.9°F 28.9°F 1.44 in 52.1°F 30.9°F 1.31 in
April 58.4°F 33.9°F 1.68 in 60.8°F 36.7°F 1.42 in
May 69.5°F 42.4°F 1.85 in 70.5°F 44.3°F 1.46 in
June 81.7°F 50.8°F 0.99 in 80.0°F 51.9°F 1.16 in
July 90.9°F 59.4°F 0.81 in 90.7°F 59.0°F 0.55 in
August 88.2°F 57.7°F 0.92 in 88.6°F 56.9°F 0.85 in
September 77.3°F 49.1°F 1.09 in 78.4°F 48.7°F 1.02 in
October 62.3°F 37.7°F 1.16 in 63.2°F 38.4°F 1.04 in
November 48.3°F 26.8°F 1.22 in 47.3°F 28.5°F 0.96 in
December 38.1°F 18.7°F 1.39 in 36.1°F 21.0°F 1.17 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 →