Climate twins of Riggins, ID
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Riggins'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: Riggins vs its climate twin
Top match: Monument, OR
| Month | Riggins | Monument | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 40.5°F | 24.6°F | 1.31 in | 44.0°F | 23.1°F | 1.31 in |
| February | 46.1°F | 25.7°F | 1.40 in | 50.3°F | 24.7°F | 1.21 in |
| March | 54.9°F | 30.3°F | 1.81 in | 58.4°F | 29.8°F | 1.56 in |
| April | 62.1°F | 34.6°F | 2.03 in | 65.4°F | 34.5°F | 1.51 in |
| May | 70.7°F | 41.1°F | 2.17 in | 74.2°F | 41.3°F | 2.10 in |
| June | 77.7°F | 46.9°F | 1.72 in | 81.4°F | 47.1°F | 1.48 in |
| July | 89.8°F | 52.4°F | 0.76 in | 93.4°F | 51.2°F | 0.48 in |
| August | 90.0°F | 52.1°F | 0.73 in | 93.6°F | 50.0°F | 0.58 in |
| September | 79.5°F | 45.4°F | 1.16 in | 83.7°F | 41.7°F | 0.58 in |
| October | 63.5°F | 36.3°F | 1.48 in | 67.4°F | 33.8°F | 1.27 in |
| November | 48.3°F | 29.2°F | 1.43 in | 52.6°F | 27.6°F | 1.47 in |
| December | 39.6°F | 24.5°F | 1.44 in | 43.0°F | 23.4°F | 1.58 in |
Cities that consider Riggins their climate twin
These US cities have Riggins in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Riggins would feel familiar.
- Monument, OR (ranks Riggins #1)
- Pilot Rock, OR (ranks Riggins #1)
- College Place, WA (ranks Riggins #1)
- Ione, OR (ranks Riggins #1)
- Heppner, OR (ranks Riggins #1)
- Lexington, OR (ranks Riggins #1)
- Oakley, ID (ranks Riggins #3)
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 →