Climate twins of Ritzville, WA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ritzville'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: Ritzville vs its climate twin
Top match: Moro, OR
| Month | Ritzville | Moro | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 35.8°F | 23.9°F | 1.64 in | 40.1°F | 24.5°F | 1.47 in |
| February | 41.8°F | 25.9°F | 1.12 in | 44.9°F | 26.2°F | 1.06 in |
| March | 51.0°F | 29.8°F | 1.33 in | 52.3°F | 30.1°F | 0.97 in |
| April | 59.7°F | 33.8°F | 0.96 in | 58.8°F | 34.5°F | 0.96 in |
| May | 69.1°F | 41.3°F | 1.19 in | 67.4°F | 41.6°F | 0.96 in |
| June | 76.2°F | 46.8°F | 0.89 in | 74.3°F | 47.0°F | 0.57 in |
| July | 86.7°F | 53.4°F | 0.41 in | 84.0°F | 53.0°F | 0.18 in |
| August | 86.1°F | 53.3°F | 0.32 in | 83.8°F | 52.6°F | 0.20 in |
| September | 76.6°F | 46.1°F | 0.43 in | 75.8°F | 45.4°F | 0.43 in |
| October | 61.5°F | 36.4°F | 1.08 in | 62.2°F | 36.2°F | 1.06 in |
| November | 45.2°F | 28.7°F | 1.58 in | 48.4°F | 28.7°F | 1.54 in |
| December | 35.2°F | 23.4°F | 1.80 in | 39.5°F | 24.2°F | 1.61 in |
Cities that consider Ritzville their climate twin
These US cities have Ritzville in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Ritzville would feel familiar.
- Grass Valley, OR (ranks Ritzville #2)
- Moro, OR (ranks Ritzville #2)
- Hansen, ID (ranks Ritzville #3)
- Kimberly, ID (ranks Ritzville #3)
- Jordan Valley, OR (ranks Ritzville #2)
- Dufur, OR (ranks Ritzville #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 →