Climate twins of Wallowa, OR
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Wallowa'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: Wallowa vs its climate twin
Top match: Reardan, WA
| Month | Wallowa | Reardan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 35.9°F | 20.1°F | 1.75 in | 33.4°F | 22.6°F | 2.01 in |
| February | 43.0°F | 22.2°F | 1.61 in | 38.5°F | 24.0°F | 1.42 in |
| March | 52.4°F | 27.3°F | 1.59 in | 48.2°F | 29.1°F | 1.84 in |
| April | 59.9°F | 31.6°F | 1.64 in | 56.8°F | 34.0°F | 1.46 in |
| May | 69.3°F | 38.0°F | 2.16 in | 66.0°F | 41.3°F | 1.57 in |
| June | 76.5°F | 43.3°F | 1.59 in | 72.3°F | 46.5°F | 1.42 in |
| July | 87.7°F | 46.7°F | 0.51 in | 83.4°F | 51.8°F | 0.50 in |
| August | 87.7°F | 45.2°F | 0.78 in | 83.3°F | 51.0°F | 0.42 in |
| September | 78.9°F | 38.4°F | 0.74 in | 73.4°F | 42.9°F | 0.61 in |
| October | 62.8°F | 31.1°F | 1.52 in | 56.9°F | 33.6°F | 1.51 in |
| November | 45.8°F | 25.1°F | 1.95 in | 41.4°F | 27.4°F | 2.20 in |
| December | 35.7°F | 19.3°F | 2.14 in | 32.4°F | 22.0°F | 2.44 in |
Cities that consider Wallowa their climate twin
These US cities have Wallowa in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Wallowa would feel familiar.
- Medical Lake, WA (ranks Wallowa #1)
- Reardan, WA (ranks Wallowa #1)
- Chewelah, WA (ranks Wallowa #2)
- Springdale, WA (ranks Wallowa #2)
- Alberton, MT (ranks Wallowa #1)
- Coalville, UT (ranks Wallowa #1)
- Superior, MT (ranks Wallowa #3)
- Fossil, OR (ranks Wallowa #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 →