Climate twins of Alturas, CA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Alturas'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: Alturas vs its climate twin
Top match: Madras, OR
| Month | Alturas | Madras | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 44.1°F | 21.3°F | 1.49 in | 43.0°F | 24.3°F | 1.41 in |
| February | 47.3°F | 23.1°F | 0.98 in | 45.9°F | 25.1°F | 1.07 in |
| March | 53.2°F | 27.2°F | 1.22 in | 54.0°F | 28.4°F | 0.86 in |
| April | 59.2°F | 30.9°F | 1.21 in | 60.6°F | 31.2°F | 1.10 in |
| May | 69.6°F | 37.4°F | 1.39 in | 69.4°F | 38.6°F | 1.30 in |
| June | 79.1°F | 42.2°F | 0.71 in | 76.9°F | 44.3°F | 0.78 in |
| July | 89.7°F | 46.3°F | 0.23 in | 87.1°F | 49.5°F | 0.41 in |
| August | 88.2°F | 44.4°F | 0.30 in | 86.4°F | 49.6°F | 0.30 in |
| September | 81.0°F | 38.1°F | 0.37 in | 77.6°F | 43.3°F | 0.34 in |
| October | 67.0°F | 30.7°F | 0.94 in | 63.0°F | 35.1°F | 0.85 in |
| November | 51.8°F | 25.1°F | 1.39 in | 49.3°F | 28.3°F | 1.22 in |
| December | 41.5°F | 22.5°F | 1.51 in | 41.3°F | 23.2°F | 1.56 in |
Cities that consider Alturas their climate twin
These US cities have Alturas in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Alturas would feel familiar.
- Madras, OR (ranks Alturas #1)
- Moro, OR (ranks Alturas #1)
- Grass Valley, OR (ranks Alturas #1)
- Condon, OR (ranks Alturas #1)
- Prineville, OR (ranks Alturas #1)
- Harrington, WA (ranks Alturas #1)
- Sprague, WA (ranks Alturas #1)
- Antelope, OR (ranks Alturas #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 →