Climate twins of Spencer, ID
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Spencer'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: Spencer vs its climate twin
Top match: Midwest, WY
| Month | Spencer | Midwest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 29.5°F | 14.9°F | 0.78 in | 35.6°F | 11.6°F | 0.32 in |
| February | 33.2°F | 17.5°F | 0.64 in | 37.5°F | 13.3°F | 0.53 in |
| March | 44.4°F | 25.6°F | 0.81 in | 48.9°F | 21.4°F | 0.96 in |
| April | 56.7°F | 32.9°F | 1.29 in | 56.4°F | 27.7°F | 1.39 in |
| May | 66.7°F | 40.6°F | 2.04 in | 66.2°F | 37.6°F | 2.52 in |
| June | 76.3°F | 47.2°F | 1.59 in | 78.6°F | 45.8°F | 1.59 in |
| July | 86.7°F | 54.7°F | 0.68 in | 88.1°F | 52.6°F | 1.07 in |
| August | 85.4°F | 53.1°F | 0.73 in | 86.4°F | 50.2°F | 0.66 in |
| September | 74.6°F | 44.8°F | 0.89 in | 76.0°F | 41.2°F | 0.88 in |
| October | 58.1°F | 34.3°F | 1.09 in | 60.8°F | 30.3°F | 1.29 in |
| November | 41.0°F | 23.9°F | 0.71 in | 46.1°F | 20.4°F | 0.57 in |
| December | 29.7°F | 15.6°F | 0.99 in | 35.4°F | 12.0°F | 0.61 in |
Cities that consider Spencer their climate twin
These US cities have Spencer in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Spencer would feel familiar.
- Pavillion, WY (ranks Spencer #1)
- Howell, UT (ranks Spencer #1)
- Snowville, UT (ranks Spencer #1)
- Riverton, WY (ranks Spencer #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 →