Climate twins of South Bend, WA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches South Bend'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: South Bend vs its climate twin
Top match: Darrington, WA
| Month | South Bend | Darrington | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 47.9°F | 33.0°F | 13.05 in | 40.4°F | 30.3°F | 12.75 in |
| February | 50.5°F | 32.4°F | 8.70 in | 44.8°F | 30.7°F | 8.58 in |
| March | 54.0°F | 34.6°F | 9.74 in | 50.9°F | 33.6°F | 9.31 in |
| April | 57.9°F | 37.3°F | 6.54 in | 58.7°F | 38.2°F | 5.58 in |
| May | 63.3°F | 43.0°F | 3.64 in | 66.9°F | 44.4°F | 3.70 in |
| June | 66.7°F | 47.3°F | 2.61 in | 71.0°F | 49.5°F | 2.86 in |
| July | 71.4°F | 50.9°F | 0.91 in | 78.1°F | 53.2°F | 1.32 in |
| August | 72.8°F | 50.4°F | 1.36 in | 78.9°F | 53.8°F | 1.71 in |
| September | 70.2°F | 45.6°F | 3.11 in | 71.7°F | 47.4°F | 3.39 in |
| October | 60.5°F | 39.7°F | 8.33 in | 57.6°F | 40.3°F | 8.49 in |
| November | 51.7°F | 35.2°F | 13.02 in | 45.6°F | 34.9°F | 13.24 in |
| December | 46.6°F | 32.4°F | 12.64 in | 39.5°F | 30.4°F | 12.13 in |
Cities that consider South Bend their climate twin
These US cities have South Bend in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, South Bend would feel familiar.
- Darrington, WA (ranks South Bend #1)
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 →