Climate twins of Forks, WA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Forks'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: Forks vs its climate twin
Top match: Skykomish, WA
| Month | Forks | Skykomish | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 46.9°F | 34.6°F | 19.10 in | 41.9°F | 31.5°F | 16.72 in |
| February | 49.9°F | 34.0°F | 11.69 in | 46.6°F | 31.8°F | 10.60 in |
| March | 53.3°F | 35.6°F | 14.31 in | 51.6°F | 33.9°F | 11.90 in |
| April | 58.7°F | 37.9°F | 9.43 in | 58.5°F | 38.0°F | 8.35 in |
| May | 64.5°F | 42.7°F | 4.96 in | 66.0°F | 44.0°F | 5.02 in |
| June | 68.0°F | 47.0°F | 3.69 in | 69.4°F | 48.1°F | 3.96 in |
| July | 73.1°F | 50.2°F | 2.05 in | 76.7°F | 52.1°F | 1.73 in |
| August | 74.0°F | 50.5°F | 2.77 in | 77.1°F | 52.2°F | 1.90 in |
| September | 70.1°F | 47.4°F | 4.77 in | 70.9°F | 48.1°F | 4.79 in |
| October | 60.0°F | 42.4°F | 11.71 in | 58.3°F | 41.5°F | 12.30 in |
| November | 50.6°F | 37.5°F | 18.07 in | 47.4°F | 35.7°F | 18.06 in |
| December | 45.6°F | 34.0°F | 17.39 in | 40.8°F | 31.6°F | 14.56 in |
Cities that consider Forks their climate twin
These US cities have Forks in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Forks would feel familiar.
- Index, WA (ranks Forks #1)
- Skykomish, WA (ranks Forks #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 →