Climate twins of Carnation, WA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Carnation'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: Carnation vs its climate twin
Top match: Estacada, OR
| Month | Carnation | Estacada | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 46.4°F | 35.8°F | 8.64 in | 49.2°F | 35.0°F | 7.52 in |
| February | 49.6°F | 35.3°F | 5.83 in | 52.6°F | 35.8°F | 5.93 in |
| March | 53.7°F | 37.2°F | 6.74 in | 57.0°F | 38.1°F | 6.88 in |
| April | 58.9°F | 40.1°F | 5.29 in | 61.8°F | 41.2°F | 5.45 in |
| May | 64.1°F | 46.1°F | 4.04 in | 68.6°F | 46.3°F | 3.87 in |
| June | 69.0°F | 50.6°F | 3.15 in | 73.3°F | 50.7°F | 2.58 in |
| July | 75.8°F | 54.0°F | 1.24 in | 81.6°F | 54.3°F | 0.64 in |
| August | 76.7°F | 53.7°F | 1.22 in | 82.5°F | 54.2°F | 0.76 in |
| September | 70.4°F | 49.1°F | 3.02 in | 76.8°F | 50.3°F | 2.15 in |
| October | 59.5°F | 43.5°F | 6.22 in | 64.7°F | 44.6°F | 5.51 in |
| November | 51.1°F | 38.3°F | 9.47 in | 54.4°F | 39.1°F | 8.10 in |
| December | 45.8°F | 35.7°F | 8.42 in | 48.3°F | 34.8°F | 8.38 in |
Cities that consider Carnation their climate twin
These US cities have Carnation in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Carnation would feel familiar.
- Estacada, OR (ranks Carnation #3)
- Lyons, OR (ranks Carnation #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 →