Climate twins of Lowell, OR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lowell'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: Lowell vs its climate twin
Top match: Longview, WA
| Month | Lowell | Longview | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 46.9°F | 37.1°F | 6.06 in | 47.7°F | 35.1°F | 6.53 in |
| February | 50.3°F | 37.8°F | 4.64 in | 52.0°F | 34.7°F | 4.81 in |
| March | 54.2°F | 39.8°F | 5.14 in | 56.9°F | 37.5°F | 4.91 in |
| April | 58.5°F | 42.5°F | 4.83 in | 62.1°F | 40.4°F | 4.08 in |
| May | 64.9°F | 46.7°F | 3.52 in | 68.8°F | 45.3°F | 3.11 in |
| June | 70.8°F | 50.7°F | 2.04 in | 72.9°F | 49.5°F | 2.03 in |
| July | 79.8°F | 54.7°F | 0.51 in | 79.3°F | 53.4°F | 0.63 in |
| August | 80.0°F | 54.5°F | 0.56 in | 80.4°F | 53.3°F | 0.97 in |
| September | 74.2°F | 52.2°F | 1.63 in | 75.7°F | 49.6°F | 2.29 in |
| October | 62.8°F | 47.2°F | 3.65 in | 64.0°F | 44.1°F | 4.38 in |
| November | 52.0°F | 41.5°F | 6.41 in | 53.0°F | 38.6°F | 7.24 in |
| December | 46.0°F | 36.9°F | 7.04 in | 46.6°F | 34.8°F | 7.14 in |
Cities that consider Lowell their climate twin
These US cities have Lowell in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Lowell would feel familiar.
- Castle Rock, WA (ranks Lowell #3)
- Kelso, WA (ranks Lowell #3)
- Longview, WA (ranks Lowell #3)
- Prescott, OR (ranks Lowell #3)
- Rainier, OR (ranks Lowell #3)
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 →