Climate twins of Ripon, CA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ripon'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: Ripon vs its climate twin
Top match: Lindsay, CA
| Month | Ripon | Lindsay | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 57.0°F | 39.1°F | 2.67 in | 57.1°F | 37.0°F | 2.25 in |
| February | 62.9°F | 41.3°F | 2.50 in | 62.7°F | 39.9°F | 2.18 in |
| March | 68.5°F | 44.2°F | 1.91 in | 69.0°F | 43.5°F | 2.00 in |
| April | 74.5°F | 47.4°F | 1.11 in | 74.5°F | 46.8°F | 1.25 in |
| May | 82.8°F | 52.6°F | 0.57 in | 82.6°F | 52.4°F | 0.49 in |
| June | 90.4°F | 57.6°F | 0.10 in | 90.6°F | 58.0°F | 0.10 in |
| July | 95.4°F | 60.9°F | 0.00 in | 96.3°F | 64.4°F | 0.08 in |
| August | 94.4°F | 60.3°F | 0.01 in | 95.6°F | 62.3°F | 0.01 in |
| September | 90.4°F | 57.5°F | 0.08 in | 90.5°F | 57.3°F | 0.07 in |
| October | 80.3°F | 50.6°F | 0.69 in | 79.2°F | 49.1°F | 0.65 in |
| November | 66.6°F | 42.8°F | 1.40 in | 65.9°F | 41.2°F | 1.11 in |
| December | 57.1°F | 38.4°F | 2.41 in | 57.3°F | 36.0°F | 1.93 in |
Cities that consider Ripon their climate twin
These US cities have Ripon in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Ripon would feel familiar.
- Orland, CA (ranks Ripon #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 →