Climate twins of Gates, OR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Gates'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: Gates vs its climate twin
Top match: Cosmopolis, WA
| Month | Gates | Cosmopolis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.4°F | 36.3°F | 13.06 in | 47.8°F | 37.3°F | 13.93 in |
| February | 46.7°F | 36.7°F | 10.00 in | 50.3°F | 36.7°F | 8.58 in |
| March | 51.7°F | 37.9°F | 10.71 in | 53.3°F | 38.4°F | 9.76 in |
| April | 57.4°F | 41.0°F | 8.63 in | 56.6°F | 41.1°F | 6.28 in |
| May | 65.2°F | 46.3°F | 6.02 in | 61.4°F | 46.6°F | 3.46 in |
| June | 70.9°F | 51.0°F | 3.84 in | 64.7°F | 51.2°F | 2.40 in |
| July | 80.3°F | 55.6°F | 0.68 in | 68.2°F | 54.2°F | 0.91 in |
| August | 80.8°F | 56.2°F | 0.92 in | 69.3°F | 54.4°F | 1.52 in |
| September | 74.1°F | 52.8°F | 2.81 in | 68.7°F | 51.1°F | 2.73 in |
| October | 60.7°F | 46.5°F | 7.96 in | 61.0°F | 44.8°F | 8.27 in |
| November | 49.4°F | 40.4°F | 13.49 in | 52.3°F | 39.6°F | 13.72 in |
| December | 43.1°F | 36.6°F | 15.44 in | 47.0°F | 36.5°F | 13.38 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 →