Climate twins of Sterling, UT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Sterling'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: Sterling vs its climate twin
Top match: Inkom, ID
| Month | Sterling | Inkom | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.9°F | 18.5°F | 0.99 in | 35.9°F | 19.7°F | 1.14 in |
| February | 42.6°F | 22.5°F | 0.97 in | 40.6°F | 22.1°F | 1.04 in |
| March | 53.1°F | 29.2°F | 1.27 in | 50.5°F | 28.9°F | 1.27 in |
| April | 59.4°F | 34.1°F | 1.39 in | 58.2°F | 34.2°F | 1.41 in |
| May | 69.0°F | 41.8°F | 1.47 in | 68.5°F | 42.1°F | 1.54 in |
| June | 79.8°F | 49.7°F | 0.91 in | 78.5°F | 48.9°F | 1.11 in |
| July | 87.1°F | 57.1°F | 0.69 in | 89.3°F | 57.0°F | 0.64 in |
| August | 85.1°F | 55.7°F | 0.83 in | 87.7°F | 56.1°F | 0.85 in |
| September | 76.9°F | 47.3°F | 1.06 in | 77.1°F | 47.6°F | 1.18 in |
| October | 64.2°F | 36.3°F | 1.26 in | 61.5°F | 37.0°F | 1.09 in |
| November | 50.0°F | 26.6°F | 0.99 in | 46.3°F | 27.1°F | 1.00 in |
| December | 37.6°F | 18.5°F | 1.22 in | 35.0°F | 19.7°F | 1.21 in |
Cities that consider Sterling their climate twin
These US cities have Sterling in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Sterling would feel familiar.
- Chubbuck, ID (ranks Sterling #1)
- Inkom, ID (ranks Sterling #1)
- American Falls, ID (ranks Sterling #1)
- Oakley, ID (ranks Sterling #1)
- Burley, ID (ranks Sterling #2)
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 →