Climate twins of Malin, OR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Malin'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: Malin vs its climate twin
Top match: Metolius, OR
| Month | Malin | Metolius | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.4°F | 21.4°F | 1.32 in | 41.9°F | 22.5°F | 0.87 in |
| February | 47.2°F | 22.5°F | 1.14 in | 45.6°F | 23.2°F | 1.00 in |
| March | 53.4°F | 25.8°F | 1.20 in | 53.4°F | 26.2°F | 0.71 in |
| April | 59.2°F | 29.6°F | 0.99 in | 59.6°F | 28.8°F | 0.90 in |
| May | 68.9°F | 37.1°F | 1.11 in | 68.4°F | 35.9°F | 1.12 in |
| June | 76.8°F | 42.2°F | 0.80 in | 75.2°F | 40.8°F | 0.67 in |
| July | 86.3°F | 47.2°F | 0.21 in | 85.8°F | 45.3°F | 0.37 in |
| August | 85.5°F | 44.4°F | 0.25 in | 85.4°F | 44.3°F | 0.25 in |
| September | 79.0°F | 37.8°F | 0.37 in | 76.9°F | 37.5°F | 0.37 in |
| October | 65.8°F | 30.3°F | 0.72 in | 62.8°F | 29.8°F | 0.94 in |
| November | 49.8°F | 25.0°F | 1.14 in | 48.9°F | 25.5°F | 1.01 in |
| December | 40.8°F | 20.2°F | 1.45 in | 40.7°F | 21.3°F | 1.15 in |
Cities that consider Malin their climate twin
These US cities have Malin in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Malin would feel familiar.
- Culver, OR (ranks Malin #2)
- Metolius, OR (ranks Malin #2)
- Bend, OR (ranks Malin #2)
- Sprague, WA (ranks Malin #2)
- Harrington, WA (ranks Malin #2)
- Madras, OR (ranks Malin #2)
- Prineville, OR (ranks Malin #2)
- John Day, OR (ranks Malin #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 →