Climate twins of Willits, CA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Willits'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: Willits vs its climate twin
Top match: Portola Valley, CA
| Month | Willits | Portola Valley | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 53.7°F | 33.3°F | 9.17 in | 54.7°F | 40.9°F | 7.77 in |
| February | 56.3°F | 34.1°F | 8.63 in | 55.1°F | 40.3°F | 7.97 in |
| March | 59.0°F | 35.5°F | 7.07 in | 58.4°F | 41.3°F | 6.32 in |
| April | 61.8°F | 37.3°F | 3.44 in | 61.6°F | 42.6°F | 3.37 in |
| May | 68.9°F | 40.2°F | 1.78 in | 66.9°F | 47.2°F | 1.29 in |
| June | 75.5°F | 44.2°F | 0.50 in | 75.2°F | 52.0°F | 0.42 in |
| July | 83.5°F | 48.0°F | 0.04 in | 80.6°F | 57.7°F | 0.04 in |
| August | 83.3°F | 45.6°F | 0.05 in | 80.9°F | 58.5°F | 0.11 in |
| September | 81.9°F | 42.1°F | 0.37 in | 78.9°F | 57.1°F | 0.18 in |
| October | 72.4°F | 36.9°F | 2.57 in | 71.0°F | 51.7°F | 1.73 in |
| November | 59.9°F | 35.3°F | 5.77 in | 60.4°F | 44.4°F | 4.60 in |
| December | 53.0°F | 32.3°F | 9.84 in | 53.8°F | 40.1°F | 8.41 in |
Cities that consider Willits their climate twin
These US cities have Willits in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Willits would feel familiar.
- Grass Valley, CA (ranks Willits #3)
- Cave Junction, OR (ranks Willits #3)
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 →