Climate twins of Ridgefield, WA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ridgefield'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: Ridgefield vs its climate twin
Top match: Cottage Grove, OR
| Month | Ridgefield | Cottage Grove | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 46.8°F | 33.8°F | 6.54 in | 48.1°F | 33.4°F | 6.57 in |
| February | 51.2°F | 34.2°F | 4.62 in | 51.7°F | 33.8°F | 4.86 in |
| March | 56.3°F | 36.9°F | 4.54 in | 56.3°F | 35.3°F | 5.24 in |
| April | 61.0°F | 39.9°F | 3.08 in | 61.1°F | 38.3°F | 4.46 in |
| May | 68.2°F | 46.2°F | 2.49 in | 67.8°F | 43.5°F | 3.11 in |
| June | 73.1°F | 50.6°F | 1.37 in | 73.2°F | 47.8°F | 1.67 in |
| July | 81.0°F | 54.5°F | 0.48 in | 82.0°F | 51.1°F | 0.40 in |
| August | 82.0°F | 54.4°F | 0.52 in | 82.6°F | 50.4°F | 0.53 in |
| September | 76.3°F | 49.8°F | 1.56 in | 76.5°F | 46.1°F | 1.54 in |
| October | 63.6°F | 42.8°F | 3.60 in | 64.1°F | 41.0°F | 3.75 in |
| November | 52.6°F | 37.0°F | 6.26 in | 53.0°F | 37.1°F | 6.77 in |
| December | 46.1°F | 33.7°F | 7.25 in | 46.7°F | 33.3°F | 7.57 in |
Cities that consider Ridgefield their climate twin
These US cities have Ridgefield in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Ridgefield would feel familiar.
- Drain, OR (ranks Ridgefield #2)
- Yoncalla, OR (ranks Ridgefield #3)
- Elkton, OR (ranks Ridgefield #2)
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 →