Climate twins of Scipio, UT

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

Top match: Pocatello, ID

Month Scipio Pocatello
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 38.0°F 16.0°F 1.35 in 36.3°F 20.9°F 1.08 in
February 43.4°F 21.3°F 1.27 in 40.6°F 22.1°F 0.95 in
March 54.1°F 28.1°F 1.29 in 52.1°F 30.9°F 1.31 in
April 60.6°F 32.7°F 1.34 in 60.8°F 36.7°F 1.42 in
May 71.5°F 40.3°F 1.33 in 70.5°F 44.3°F 1.46 in
June 83.5°F 49.6°F 0.55 in 80.0°F 51.9°F 1.16 in
July 91.2°F 59.0°F 0.52 in 90.7°F 59.0°F 0.55 in
August 88.4°F 57.4°F 0.84 in 88.6°F 56.9°F 0.85 in
September 79.5°F 45.6°F 1.02 in 78.4°F 48.7°F 1.02 in
October 65.0°F 33.8°F 1.24 in 63.2°F 38.4°F 1.04 in
November 50.4°F 24.1°F 1.06 in 47.3°F 28.5°F 0.96 in
December 38.4°F 15.9°F 1.37 in 36.1°F 21.0°F 1.17 in

Cities that consider Scipio their climate twin

These US cities have Scipio in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Scipio would feel familiar.

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 →