Climate twins of Pilot Rock, OR

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

Top match: Riggins, ID

Month Pilot Rock Riggins
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 45.4°F 26.3°F 1.40 in 40.5°F 24.6°F 1.31 in
February 49.4°F 27.4°F 1.25 in 46.1°F 25.7°F 1.40 in
March 57.0°F 31.5°F 1.79 in 54.9°F 30.3°F 1.81 in
April 63.4°F 35.7°F 1.64 in 62.1°F 34.6°F 2.03 in
May 72.2°F 42.5°F 2.09 in 70.7°F 41.1°F 2.17 in
June 79.5°F 47.7°F 1.56 in 77.7°F 46.9°F 1.72 in
July 90.5°F 52.9°F 0.27 in 89.8°F 52.4°F 0.76 in
August 90.0°F 52.0°F 0.41 in 90.0°F 52.1°F 0.73 in
September 80.4°F 45.0°F 0.60 in 79.5°F 45.4°F 1.16 in
October 66.6°F 36.6°F 1.07 in 63.5°F 36.3°F 1.48 in
November 52.8°F 30.0°F 1.50 in 48.3°F 29.2°F 1.43 in
December 44.2°F 25.6°F 1.44 in 39.6°F 24.5°F 1.44 in

Cities that consider Pilot Rock their climate twin

These US cities have Pilot Rock in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Pilot Rock 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 →