Climate twins of Dufur, OR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Dufur'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: Dufur vs its climate twin
Top match: LaCrosse, WA
| Month | Dufur | LaCrosse | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 40.5°F | 27.2°F | 1.91 in | 38.8°F | 25.8°F | 1.96 in |
| February | 46.6°F | 28.6°F | 1.50 in | 44.8°F | 26.9°F | 1.34 in |
| March | 55.8°F | 31.5°F | 1.17 in | 53.7°F | 30.8°F | 1.66 in |
| April | 62.8°F | 35.6°F | 1.07 in | 61.9°F | 35.5°F | 1.30 in |
| May | 72.2°F | 41.0°F | 1.14 in | 71.5°F | 41.9°F | 1.26 in |
| June | 78.7°F | 45.4°F | 0.62 in | 79.4°F | 47.7°F | 0.96 in |
| July | 88.5°F | 50.6°F | 0.28 in | 90.0°F | 52.5°F | 0.31 in |
| August | 87.9°F | 50.2°F | 0.24 in | 88.8°F | 51.8°F | 0.32 in |
| September | 79.3°F | 44.8°F | 0.44 in | 78.5°F | 44.0°F | 0.50 in |
| October | 64.0°F | 37.3°F | 1.15 in | 62.7°F | 35.8°F | 1.12 in |
| November | 48.1°F | 30.6°F | 1.68 in | 47.3°F | 29.8°F | 1.96 in |
| December | 39.2°F | 26.7°F | 2.32 in | 37.9°F | 24.5°F | 2.37 in |
Cities that consider Dufur their climate twin
These US cities have Dufur in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Dufur would feel familiar.
- Endicott, WA (ranks Dufur #1)
- LaCrosse, WA (ranks Dufur #1)
- Susanville, CA (ranks Dufur #1)
- College Place, WA (ranks Dufur #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 →