Climate twins of University Place, WA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches University Place'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: University Place vs its climate twin
Top match: St. Paul, OR
| Month | University Place | St. Paul | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 46.3°F | 36.4°F | 6.06 in | 45.4°F | 35.0°F | 6.38 in |
| February | 48.4°F | 36.5°F | 4.11 in | 49.5°F | 35.6°F | 4.56 in |
| March | 53.1°F | 38.5°F | 4.63 in | 55.3°F | 38.3°F | 4.77 in |
| April | 57.5°F | 41.4°F | 3.39 in | 60.5°F | 40.7°F | 3.56 in |
| May | 64.5°F | 46.5°F | 2.08 in | 66.4°F | 46.7°F | 2.57 in |
| June | 69.7°F | 50.7°F | 1.36 in | 72.0°F | 51.1°F | 1.58 in |
| July | 75.5°F | 54.0°F | 0.68 in | 80.8°F | 55.5°F | 0.43 in |
| August | 75.6°F | 54.3°F | 0.86 in | 81.0°F | 56.1°F | 0.55 in |
| September | 69.6°F | 51.4°F | 1.54 in | 75.0°F | 51.8°F | 1.63 in |
| October | 58.6°F | 45.7°F | 4.32 in | 62.0°F | 45.4°F | 4.17 in |
| November | 50.5°F | 39.8°F | 7.18 in | 50.8°F | 39.4°F | 6.65 in |
| December | 45.5°F | 36.2°F | 5.81 in | 44.0°F | 34.3°F | 7.37 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 →