Climate twins of Hines, OR

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hines'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.

Rank 1 closest
Wilbur, WA
similarity distance: 0.679 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Creston, WA
similarity distance: 0.679 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Wells, NV
similarity distance: 0.793 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Hines vs its climate twin

Top match: Wilbur, WA

Month Hines Wilbur
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 36.7°F 16.3°F 1.33 in 31.8°F 19.5°F 1.63 in
February 41.7°F 20.2°F 0.95 in 38.3°F 21.3°F 0.88 in
March 51.1°F 26.3°F 0.96 in 47.9°F 27.1°F 1.27 in
April 58.1°F 29.8°F 0.94 in 57.5°F 30.8°F 0.93 in
May 68.2°F 37.4°F 1.27 in 67.9°F 38.9°F 1.17 in
June 76.7°F 42.6°F 0.73 in 74.6°F 43.9°F 0.93 in
July 88.7°F 48.6°F 0.29 in 84.9°F 50.0°F 0.65 in
August 87.2°F 45.8°F 0.25 in 84.3°F 49.0°F 0.27 in
September 78.2°F 37.4°F 0.38 in 74.6°F 41.7°F 0.45 in
October 63.1°F 28.0°F 0.77 in 58.5°F 32.1°F 1.03 in
November 47.3°F 22.1°F 1.02 in 42.2°F 25.6°F 1.62 in
December 36.4°F 15.5°F 1.52 in 32.1°F 19.5°F 1.69 in

Cities that consider Hines their climate twin

These US cities have Hines in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Hines would feel familiar.

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 →