Climate twins of Troutdale, OR

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Troutdale'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: Troutdale vs its climate twin

Top match: Sedro-Woolley, WA

Month Troutdale Sedro-Woolley
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 44.2°F 35.4°F 6.31 in 46.0°F 34.7°F 6.18 in
February 48.5°F 36.5°F 4.69 in 48.7°F 35.0°F 4.11 in
March 54.7°F 38.8°F 5.07 in 53.0°F 37.8°F 4.76 in
April 60.5°F 41.9°F 4.24 in 58.3°F 41.3°F 4.17 in
May 67.7°F 47.9°F 3.31 in 64.7°F 46.8°F 3.46 in
June 72.9°F 52.0°F 2.40 in 68.8°F 50.6°F 2.60 in
July 80.8°F 55.7°F 0.64 in 74.5°F 53.1°F 1.34 in
August 81.4°F 55.5°F 0.70 in 75.2°F 52.9°F 1.60 in
September 75.2°F 51.3°F 1.86 in 69.5°F 49.3°F 2.86 in
October 62.7°F 45.8°F 4.59 in 59.6°F 43.2°F 4.98 in
November 51.3°F 40.4°F 7.47 in 50.4°F 38.6°F 7.02 in
December 44.5°F 35.8°F 7.10 in 44.8°F 34.2°F 5.45 in

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 →