Climate twins of Port Angeles, WA

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

Top match: South Cle Elum, WA

Month Port Angeles South Cle Elum
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 44.7°F 36.5°F 3.81 in 35.0°F 22.2°F 3.40 in
February 46.0°F 37.1°F 2.41 in 40.7°F 23.6°F 2.49 in
March 48.9°F 38.7°F 2.36 in 48.9°F 27.8°F 2.73 in
April 54.0°F 42.1°F 1.57 in 57.3°F 32.9°F 1.41 in
May 59.6°F 47.7°F 1.08 in 66.1°F 40.4°F 1.64 in
June 63.3°F 51.2°F 1.08 in 71.9°F 46.8°F 1.10 in
July 67.3°F 54.5°F 0.55 in 81.1°F 52.7°F 0.54 in
August 67.4°F 54.7°F 0.67 in 81.4°F 51.1°F 0.47 in
September 64.5°F 51.4°F 1.22 in 72.9°F 42.7°F 0.90 in
October 55.5°F 45.1°F 3.16 in 57.8°F 33.9°F 2.44 in
November 48.6°F 39.5°F 4.39 in 43.2°F 27.7°F 4.07 in
December 44.4°F 36.6°F 4.24 in 34.3°F 22.3°F 3.50 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 →