Climate twins of Lonerock, OR

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lonerock'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: Lonerock vs its climate twin

Top match: Wallowa, OR

Month	Lonerock			Wallowa
	High	Low	Precip	High	Low	Precip
January	42.2°F	25.8°F	1.40 in	35.9°F	20.1°F	1.75 in
February	46.1°F	25.5°F	1.17 in	43.0°F	22.2°F	1.61 in
March	52.2°F	27.8°F	1.51 in	52.4°F	27.3°F	1.59 in
April	57.9°F	31.3°F	1.35 in	59.9°F	31.6°F	1.64 in
May	66.3°F	37.3°F	2.12 in	69.3°F	38.0°F	2.16 in
June	73.0°F	41.9°F	1.32 in	76.5°F	43.3°F	1.59 in
July	84.5°F	45.5°F	0.44 in	87.7°F	46.7°F	0.51 in
August	84.2°F	44.7°F	0.58 in	87.7°F	45.2°F	0.78 in
September	74.3°F	39.9°F	0.55 in	78.9°F	38.4°F	0.74 in
October	62.8°F	33.4°F	1.47 in	62.8°F	31.1°F	1.52 in
November	48.1°F	28.4°F	1.38 in	45.8°F	25.1°F	1.95 in
December	40.6°F	24.3°F	1.76 in	35.7°F	19.3°F	2.14 in

Cities that consider Lonerock their climate twin

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

Sequim, WA (ranks Lonerock #1)
Friday Harbor, WA (ranks Lonerock #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 →