Climate twins of Scotts Valley, CA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Scotts Valley'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: Scotts Valley vs its climate twin
Top match: Grass Valley, CA
| Month | Scotts Valley | Grass Valley | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 64.6°F | 37.4°F | 10.42 in | 53.6°F | 33.1°F | 9.30 in |
| February | 66.9°F | 38.9°F | 9.68 in | 54.9°F | 34.2°F | 8.98 in |
| March | 70.6°F | 40.5°F | 7.00 in | 57.9°F | 37.0°F | 8.16 in |
| April | 75.0°F | 41.9°F | 3.28 in | 62.7°F | 40.0°F | 4.43 in |
| May | 79.6°F | 45.7°F | 1.24 in | 70.8°F | 46.8°F | 2.48 in |
| June | 85.5°F | 48.6°F | 0.24 in | 80.2°F | 52.6°F | 0.74 in |
| July | 87.9°F | 51.2°F | 0.01 in | 88.0°F | 58.2°F | 0.00 in |
| August | 89.5°F | 51.0°F | 0.04 in | 87.4°F | 56.8°F | 0.11 in |
| September | 88.6°F | 48.9°F | 0.12 in | 82.3°F | 52.1°F | 0.44 in |
| October | 83.0°F | 44.2°F | 2.17 in | 72.1°F | 44.2°F | 2.56 in |
| November | 71.3°F | 39.6°F | 5.00 in | 59.8°F | 37.1°F | 5.52 in |
| December | 63.7°F | 36.8°F | 10.43 in | 52.6°F | 32.6°F | 10.48 in |
Cities that consider Scotts Valley their climate twin
These US cities have Scotts Valley in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Scotts Valley would feel familiar.
- Paradise, CA (ranks Scotts Valley #1)
- Colfax, CA (ranks Scotts Valley #3)
- Nevada City, CA (ranks Scotts Valley #3)
- Dunsmuir, CA (ranks Scotts Valley #2)
- Shasta Lake, CA (ranks Scotts Valley #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 →