Climate twins of Elkton, OR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Elkton'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: Elkton vs its climate twin
Top match: Scappoose, OR
| Month | Elkton | Scappoose | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 50.7°F | 35.6°F | 7.00 in | 46.8°F | 33.8°F | 6.54 in |
| February | 55.3°F | 35.3°F | 5.58 in | 51.2°F | 34.2°F | 4.62 in |
| March | 59.9°F | 36.6°F | 5.43 in | 56.3°F | 36.9°F | 4.54 in |
| April | 64.4°F | 38.8°F | 4.20 in | 61.0°F | 39.9°F | 3.08 in |
| May | 71.8°F | 43.0°F | 2.56 in | 68.2°F | 46.2°F | 2.49 in |
| June | 77.4°F | 47.6°F | 1.27 in | 73.1°F | 50.6°F | 1.37 in |
| July | 86.3°F | 50.4°F | 0.34 in | 81.0°F | 54.5°F | 0.48 in |
| August | 84.5°F | 51.1°F | 0.35 in | 82.0°F | 54.4°F | 0.52 in |
| September | 81.4°F | 46.3°F | 1.41 in | 76.3°F | 49.8°F | 1.56 in |
| October | 69.0°F | 41.6°F | 3.31 in | 63.6°F | 42.8°F | 3.60 in |
| November | 56.3°F | 38.5°F | 6.98 in | 52.6°F | 37.0°F | 6.26 in |
| December | 49.1°F | 35.5°F | 9.05 in | 46.1°F | 33.7°F | 7.25 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 →