Climate twins of Mansfield, WA

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Mansfield'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
Nyssa, OR
similarity distance: 0.745 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
New Plymouth, ID
similarity distance: 0.774 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Fruitland, ID
similarity distance: 0.774 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Mansfield vs its climate twin

Top match: Nyssa, OR

Month Mansfield Nyssa
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 34.3°F 22.7°F 1.42 in 35.4°F 24.2°F 1.38 in
February 41.5°F 25.0°F 0.95 in 44.2°F 27.4°F 0.79 in
March 54.2°F 31.5°F 1.05 in 54.9°F 33.7°F 0.92 in
April 64.4°F 37.8°F 0.62 in 62.7°F 38.6°F 0.99 in
May 73.8°F 45.9°F 0.92 in 71.9°F 47.9°F 1.15 in
June 80.7°F 52.0°F 0.81 in 80.5°F 54.5°F 0.72 in
July 90.9°F 58.3°F 0.48 in 90.9°F 62.3°F 0.25 in
August 90.4°F 57.5°F 0.22 in 89.2°F 59.1°F 0.16 in
September 79.9°F 49.1°F 0.35 in 78.7°F 49.4°F 0.54 in
October 62.6°F 38.3°F 0.78 in 64.2°F 37.7°F 0.81 in
November 45.4°F 29.5°F 1.16 in 46.6°F 29.5°F 1.02 in
December 34.6°F 23.2°F 2.01 in 36.3°F 24.1°F 1.42 in

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 →