Climate twins of South Cle Elum, WA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches South Cle Elum'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 Cle Elum vs its climate twin
Top match: Rockford, WA
| Month | South Cle Elum | Rockford | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 35.0°F | 22.2°F | 3.40 in | 36.6°F | 23.8°F | 3.79 in |
| February | 40.7°F | 23.6°F | 2.49 in | 39.8°F | 24.7°F | 2.57 in |
| March | 48.9°F | 27.8°F | 2.73 in | 46.6°F | 29.4°F | 3.59 in |
| April | 57.3°F | 32.9°F | 1.41 in | 55.3°F | 33.8°F | 2.34 in |
| May | 66.1°F | 40.4°F | 1.64 in | 64.7°F | 40.5°F | 2.46 in |
| June | 71.9°F | 46.8°F | 1.10 in | 69.7°F | 44.6°F | 1.90 in |
| July | 81.1°F | 52.7°F | 0.54 in | 81.4°F | 51.7°F | 0.71 in |
| August | 81.4°F | 51.1°F | 0.47 in | 83.0°F | 50.5°F | 0.74 in |
| September | 72.9°F | 42.7°F | 0.90 in | 72.6°F | 44.2°F | 1.02 in |
| October | 57.8°F | 33.9°F | 2.44 in | 57.4°F | 35.6°F | 2.50 in |
| November | 43.2°F | 27.7°F | 4.07 in | 43.1°F | 29.5°F | 3.55 in |
| December | 34.3°F | 22.3°F | 3.50 in | 34.6°F | 22.8°F | 3.35 in |
Cities that consider South Cle Elum their climate twin
These US cities have South Cle Elum in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, South Cle Elum would feel familiar.
- Plummer, ID (ranks South Cle Elum #1)
- Tensed, ID (ranks South Cle Elum #1)
- Latah, WA (ranks South Cle Elum #1)
- Fairfield, WA (ranks South Cle Elum #1)
- Harrison, ID (ranks South Cle Elum #2)
- Rockford, WA (ranks South Cle Elum #1)
- Tekoa, WA (ranks South Cle Elum #1)
- Worley, ID (ranks South Cle Elum #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 →