Climate twins of Elgin, OR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Elgin'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: Elgin vs its climate twin
Top match: Fernan Lake Village, ID
| Month | Elgin | Fernan Lake Village | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 40.0°F | 24.0°F | 3.27 in | 36.2°F | 26.2°F | 3.21 in |
| February | 44.6°F | 24.9°F | 2.34 in | 40.7°F | 26.5°F | 2.11 in |
| March | 52.8°F | 28.5°F | 2.25 in | 48.4°F | 30.7°F | 2.68 in |
| April | 59.9°F | 32.4°F | 2.43 in | 56.2°F | 36.7°F | 1.91 in |
| May | 69.2°F | 39.4°F | 2.39 in | 65.8°F | 44.3°F | 2.14 in |
| June | 76.2°F | 43.8°F | 1.84 in | 72.1°F | 50.9°F | 2.17 in |
| July | 86.5°F | 47.1°F | 0.71 in | 82.8°F | 57.3°F | 0.73 in |
| August | 86.8°F | 45.8°F | 0.68 in | 83.0°F | 56.0°F | 0.77 in |
| September | 78.1°F | 39.6°F | 0.96 in | 73.7°F | 48.3°F | 0.81 in |
| October | 63.5°F | 32.3°F | 2.16 in | 58.4°F | 38.7°F | 2.02 in |
| November | 48.2°F | 28.4°F | 3.15 in | 44.2°F | 31.6°F | 3.34 in |
| December | 38.8°F | 23.4°F | 3.77 in | 36.1°F | 26.3°F | 3.47 in |
Cities that consider Elgin their climate twin
These US cities have Elgin in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Elgin would feel familiar.
- Post Falls, ID (ranks Elgin #3)
- Hayden Lake, ID (ranks Elgin #3)
- Hayden, ID (ranks Elgin #3)
- Huetter, ID (ranks Elgin #3)
- Fernan Lake Village, ID (ranks Elgin #3)
- Dalton Gardens, ID (ranks Elgin #3)
- Coeur d'Alene, ID (ranks Elgin #3)
- Newport, WA (ranks Elgin #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 →