Climate twins of Puyallup, WA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Puyallup'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: Puyallup vs its climate twin
Top match: Westfir, OR
| Month | Puyallup | Westfir | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 46.1°F | 33.3°F | 6.12 in | 43.8°F | 31.4°F | 6.23 in |
| February | 48.0°F | 33.1°F | 4.33 in | 49.2°F | 32.2°F | 4.57 in |
| March | 52.4°F | 35.7°F | 4.80 in | 54.5°F | 34.1°F | 5.01 in |
| April | 57.3°F | 38.7°F | 3.90 in | 59.3°F | 37.4°F | 4.26 in |
| May | 64.3°F | 44.5°F | 2.97 in | 65.8°F | 42.6°F | 3.23 in |
| June | 69.0°F | 49.0°F | 2.28 in | 71.2°F | 47.0°F | 1.95 in |
| July | 75.7°F | 52.4°F | 0.92 in | 80.0°F | 50.7°F | 0.53 in |
| August | 76.5°F | 52.6°F | 0.90 in | 81.0°F | 50.0°F | 0.56 in |
| September | 69.6°F | 48.2°F | 1.78 in | 75.8°F | 45.5°F | 1.58 in |
| October | 59.1°F | 41.7°F | 4.08 in | 62.8°F | 39.9°F | 3.63 in |
| November | 50.3°F | 36.1°F | 7.06 in | 49.0°F | 35.2°F | 6.66 in |
| December | 45.0°F | 32.9°F | 5.99 in | 42.4°F | 31.6°F | 7.54 in |
Cities that consider Puyallup their climate twin
These US cities have Puyallup in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Puyallup would feel familiar.
- Oakridge, OR (ranks Puyallup #1)
- Westfir, OR (ranks Puyallup #1)
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 →