Climate twins of Compton, CA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Compton'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: Compton vs its climate twin
Top match: Santa Clara, CA
| Month | Compton | Santa Clara | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 67.3°F | 49.2°F | 2.67 in | 59.8°F | 41.8°F | 2.80 in |
| February | 66.8°F | 50.6°F | 2.96 in | 62.4°F | 43.9°F | 2.69 in |
| March | 67.8°F | 52.7°F | 1.67 in | 65.9°F | 46.3°F | 2.08 in |
| April | 69.7°F | 54.8°F | 0.60 in | 69.2°F | 48.4°F | 1.07 in |
| May | 70.7°F | 58.4°F | 0.29 in | 73.8°F | 52.1°F | 0.39 in |
| June | 73.1°F | 61.5°F | 0.00 in | 79.1°F | 55.5°F | 0.18 in |
| July | 77.2°F | 64.7°F | 0.02 in | 80.8°F | 58.1°F | 0.00 in |
| August | 78.7°F | 65.3°F | 0.00 in | 81.4°F | 58.6°F | 0.05 in |
| September | 78.5°F | 64.5°F | 0.17 in | 80.7°F | 57.2°F | 0.07 in |
| October | 76.0°F | 60.3°F | 0.48 in | 75.8°F | 52.7°F | 0.53 in |
| November | 71.7°F | 53.6°F | 0.72 in | 66.1°F | 45.7°F | 1.33 in |
| December | 66.4°F | 48.8°F | 2.19 in | 59.5°F | 41.7°F | 2.29 in |
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 →