Climate twins of Shelley, ID
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Shelley'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: Shelley vs its climate twin
Top match: Dixon, WY
| Month | Shelley | Dixon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 28.7°F | 12.1°F | 0.67 in | 32.2°F | 7.0°F | 0.72 in |
| February | 34.2°F | 15.7°F | 0.56 in | 36.5°F | 12.0°F | 0.76 in |
| March | 47.2°F | 25.3°F | 0.81 in | 48.3°F | 22.4°F | 0.71 in |
| April | 57.5°F | 31.4°F | 1.03 in | 57.8°F | 28.9°F | 1.11 in |
| May | 67.2°F | 38.4°F | 1.57 in | 67.9°F | 36.2°F | 1.77 in |
| June | 76.2°F | 44.6°F | 1.09 in | 79.4°F | 43.1°F | 0.77 in |
| July | 86.6°F | 49.3°F | 0.46 in | 86.7°F | 49.2°F | 0.87 in |
| August | 85.6°F | 47.5°F | 0.59 in | 83.9°F | 47.7°F | 0.90 in |
| September | 74.8°F | 40.6°F | 0.97 in | 74.5°F | 39.7°F | 1.09 in |
| October | 59.1°F | 30.8°F | 0.88 in | 59.9°F | 29.3°F | 1.07 in |
| November | 43.0°F | 21.9°F | 0.66 in | 44.6°F | 18.8°F | 0.70 in |
| December | 30.3°F | 13.4°F | 0.78 in | 33.2°F | 9.2°F | 0.70 in |
Cities that consider Shelley their climate twin
These US cities have Shelley in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Shelley would feel familiar.
- Baggs, WY (ranks Shelley #1)
- Dixon, WY (ranks Shelley #1)
- Green River, WY (ranks Shelley #1)
- Rock Springs, WY (ranks Shelley #1)
- Manila, UT (ranks Shelley #3)
- Pinesdale, MT (ranks Shelley #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 →