Climate twins of Soda Springs, ID

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

Top match: Hanna, WY

Month Soda Springs Hanna
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 32.3°F 10.1°F 1.35 in 34.7°F 14.6°F 0.67 in
February 35.1°F 11.8°F 1.35 in 36.5°F 15.0°F 0.80 in
March 44.1°F 19.2°F 1.41 in 44.5°F 22.5°F 1.27 in
April 55.3°F 26.8°F 1.38 in 52.1°F 27.5°F 1.54 in
May 65.8°F 34.4°F 2.32 in 62.1°F 35.5°F 1.78 in
June 76.0°F 39.9°F 1.24 in 74.6°F 43.1°F 1.05 in
July 86.8°F 45.3°F 0.79 in 82.2°F 49.6°F 0.86 in
August 85.4°F 44.2°F 1.06 in 80.0°F 47.7°F 0.74 in
September 74.4°F 35.7°F 1.81 in 71.3°F 40.2°F 1.10 in
October 59.8°F 27.3°F 1.05 in 58.0°F 31.3°F 1.32 in
November 44.8°F 19.3°F 0.77 in 44.2°F 22.2°F 0.89 in
December 33.3°F 10.0°F 1.19 in 35.0°F 14.8°F 0.90 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 →