Climate twins of Pomeroy, WA

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

Top match: Shaniko, OR

Month Pomeroy Shaniko
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 40.4°F 27.1°F 2.04 in 42.9°F 25.6°F 1.50 in
February 44.5°F 28.3°F 1.62 in 46.1°F 26.2°F 1.29 in
March 52.0°F 32.6°F 2.08 in 52.8°F 29.4°F 1.22 in
April 58.6°F 37.3°F 1.67 in 58.7°F 32.5°F 1.52 in
May 67.3°F 43.9°F 1.60 in 68.4°F 38.9°F 1.99 in
June 74.4°F 48.5°F 1.15 in 75.7°F 44.6°F 1.04 in
July 85.1°F 52.9°F 0.46 in 87.3°F 50.5°F 0.34 in
August 85.1°F 52.8°F 0.53 in 86.5°F 50.1°F 0.34 in
September 75.4°F 45.2°F 0.58 in 78.2°F 44.1°F 0.50 in
October 60.9°F 37.0°F 1.31 in 63.5°F 36.0°F 1.23 in
November 47.7°F 31.5°F 2.32 in 49.7°F 29.3°F 1.76 in
December 39.5°F 26.3°F 2.27 in 41.6°F 23.8°F 1.81 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 →