Climate twins of Colton, WA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Colton'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: Colton vs its climate twin
Top match: Condon, OR
| Month | Colton | Condon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.6°F | 27.8°F | 2.15 in | 40.2°F | 25.8°F | 1.81 in |
| February | 41.6°F | 29.2°F | 1.59 in | 44.2°F | 27.1°F | 1.26 in |
| March | 49.3°F | 32.9°F | 1.95 in | 51.5°F | 31.1°F | 1.20 in |
| April | 56.4°F | 37.2°F | 1.79 in | 57.9°F | 34.7°F | 1.30 in |
| May | 65.4°F | 43.7°F | 1.41 in | 66.7°F | 41.7°F | 1.65 in |
| June | 71.9°F | 47.7°F | 1.17 in | 73.4°F | 46.6°F | 1.11 in |
| July | 83.1°F | 50.9°F | 0.39 in | 84.1°F | 52.6°F | 0.39 in |
| August | 83.4°F | 50.4°F | 0.49 in | 83.9°F | 52.3°F | 0.38 in |
| September | 74.2°F | 45.4°F | 0.65 in | 75.0°F | 46.1°F | 0.47 in |
| October | 59.2°F | 37.6°F | 1.59 in | 61.2°F | 37.3°F | 1.17 in |
| November | 44.7°F | 32.5°F | 2.14 in | 48.0°F | 30.7°F | 1.51 in |
| December | 36.6°F | 26.9°F | 2.21 in | 39.0°F | 25.1°F | 1.82 in |
Cities that consider Colton their climate twin
These US cities have Colton in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Colton would feel familiar.
- Coupeville, WA (ranks Colton #1)
- Friday Harbor, WA (ranks Colton #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 →