Climate twins of Vale, OR

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

Top match: Riverside, WA

Month	Vale			Riverside
	High	Low	Precip	High	Low	Precip
January	35.4°F	21.2°F	1.18 in	32.8°F	23.3°F	1.33 in
February	44.1°F	24.4°F	0.94 in	39.8°F	25.2°F	0.91 in
March	55.5°F	29.6°F	0.96 in	52.5°F	31.1°F	1.06 in
April	62.8°F	34.5°F	0.91 in	62.8°F	36.8°F	0.83 in
May	73.5°F	43.8°F	1.29 in	72.4°F	45.1°F	1.19 in
June	81.6°F	49.1°F	0.78 in	79.1°F	51.1°F	0.98 in
July	92.7°F	57.0°F	0.43 in	89.4°F	58.1°F	0.52 in
August	91.0°F	53.2°F	0.18 in	88.8°F	56.8°F	0.27 in
September	80.3°F	44.2°F	0.40 in	78.2°F	48.4°F	0.40 in
October	63.7°F	33.2°F	0.67 in	60.7°F	37.5°F	0.92 in
November	46.6°F	24.6°F	0.96 in	43.0°F	28.9°F	1.24 in
December	36.8°F	19.1°F	1.31 in	32.5°F	23.3°F	1.95 in

Cities that consider Vale their climate twin

These US cities have Vale in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Vale would feel familiar.

Okanogan, WA (ranks Vale #1)
Omak, WA (ranks Vale #1)
Riverside, WA (ranks Vale #1)
Bliss, ID (ranks Vale #2)
Gooding, ID (ranks Vale #2)
Hagerman, ID (ranks Vale #2)

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 →