Climate twins of Washington, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Washington'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: Washington vs its climate twin
Top match: Wathena, KS
| Month | Washington | Wathena | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.2°F | 15.0°F | 0.79 in | 37.4°F | 17.1°F | 0.71 in |
| February | 42.6°F | 18.4°F | 1.14 in | 42.8°F | 21.2°F | 0.95 in |
| March | 54.5°F | 28.4°F | 1.80 in | 55.1°F | 31.5°F | 2.06 in |
| April | 64.9°F | 39.2°F | 3.14 in | 65.9°F | 41.8°F | 3.71 in |
| May | 74.9°F | 51.7°F | 4.44 in | 75.8°F | 53.7°F | 4.87 in |
| June | 85.4°F | 62.4°F | 4.74 in | 84.7°F | 63.8°F | 4.75 in |
| July | 90.3°F | 67.2°F | 4.13 in | 88.1°F | 67.3°F | 4.73 in |
| August | 87.9°F | 64.0°F | 4.26 in | 86.2°F | 64.5°F | 3.84 in |
| September | 80.5°F | 54.7°F | 3.07 in | 79.7°F | 54.4°F | 3.18 in |
| October | 67.8°F | 41.4°F | 2.18 in | 67.8°F | 42.8°F | 2.84 in |
| November | 52.5°F | 28.3°F | 1.49 in | 53.4°F | 30.6°F | 1.87 in |
| December | 40.2°F | 19.0°F | 1.23 in | 41.1°F | 21.1°F | 1.25 in |
Cities that consider Washington their climate twin
These US cities have Washington in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Washington would feel familiar.
- Woodston, KS (ranks Washington #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 →