Climate twins of Sparks, NV
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Sparks'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: Sparks vs its climate twin
Top match: Umatilla, OR
| Month | Sparks | Umatilla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 48.2°F | 24.7°F | 1.28 in | 41.1°F | 30.0°F | 0.88 in |
| February | 52.9°F | 27.4°F | 1.00 in | 46.2°F | 31.7°F | 0.70 in |
| March | 59.7°F | 32.0°F | 0.85 in | 55.5°F | 35.2°F | 0.76 in |
| April | 65.0°F | 36.3°F | 0.51 in | 62.9°F | 41.5°F | 0.70 in |
| May | 73.9°F | 43.1°F | 0.69 in | 71.9°F | 48.1°F | 0.75 in |
| June | 83.9°F | 49.4°F | 0.39 in | 79.2°F | 54.3°F | 0.45 in |
| July | 92.1°F | 55.4°F | 0.42 in | 88.5°F | 60.5°F | 0.19 in |
| August | 90.8°F | 53.3°F | 0.28 in | 87.7°F | 60.8°F | 0.25 in |
| September | 83.6°F | 46.1°F | 0.24 in | 78.0°F | 53.4°F | 0.40 in |
| October | 71.6°F | 36.5°F | 0.91 in | 64.3°F | 44.1°F | 0.74 in |
| November | 57.2°F | 29.2°F | 0.70 in | 50.6°F | 35.3°F | 0.87 in |
| December | 47.0°F | 24.5°F | 1.11 in | 41.2°F | 30.7°F | 1.22 in |
Cities that consider Sparks their climate twin
These US cities have Sparks in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Sparks would feel familiar.
- Umatilla, OR (ranks Sparks #1)
- Richland, WA (ranks Sparks #3)
- West Richland, WA (ranks Sparks #3)
- Benton City, WA (ranks Sparks #3)
- Yakima, WA (ranks Sparks #3)
- Tieton, WA (ranks Sparks #3)
- Echo, OR (ranks Sparks #3)
- Hermiston, OR (ranks Sparks #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 →