Climate twins of Goldendale, WA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Goldendale'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: Goldendale vs its climate twin
Top match: Dorris, CA
| Month | Goldendale | Dorris | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.9°F | 23.9°F | 2.75 in | 41.1°F | 21.0°F | 2.88 in |
| February | 44.0°F | 25.1°F | 1.78 in | 46.2°F | 22.7°F | 1.96 in |
| March | 51.8°F | 29.1°F | 1.61 in | 52.1°F | 26.1°F | 1.84 in |
| April | 59.2°F | 32.7°F | 1.09 in | 58.0°F | 29.8°F | 1.64 in |
| May | 68.7°F | 39.3°F | 1.04 in | 67.9°F | 37.0°F | 1.32 in |
| June | 75.6°F | 44.6°F | 0.55 in | 77.2°F | 42.7°F | 0.69 in |
| July | 86.1°F | 49.7°F | 0.12 in | 88.1°F | 48.5°F | 0.31 in |
| August | 86.1°F | 49.2°F | 0.15 in | 86.6°F | 47.0°F | 0.43 in |
| September | 77.3°F | 41.6°F | 0.44 in | 79.4°F | 39.3°F | 0.50 in |
| October | 62.2°F | 33.6°F | 1.36 in | 64.2°F | 30.6°F | 1.29 in |
| November | 46.8°F | 27.8°F | 2.43 in | 49.1°F | 25.2°F | 2.44 in |
| December | 36.9°F | 23.8°F | 3.18 in | 40.1°F | 20.9°F | 3.59 in |
Cities that consider Goldendale their climate twin
These US cities have Goldendale in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Goldendale would feel familiar.
- Dorris, CA (ranks Goldendale #1)
- Rosalia, WA (ranks Goldendale #1)
- Waverly, WA (ranks Goldendale #1)
- Oakesdale, WA (ranks Goldendale #1)
- Malden, WA (ranks Goldendale #1)
- Pullman, WA (ranks Goldendale #2)
- Colfax, WA (ranks Goldendale #2)
- Albion, WA (ranks Goldendale #2)
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 →