Climate twins of Wilson Creek, WA

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

Top match: Hagerman, ID

Month Wilson Creek Hagerman
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 36.4°F 23.8°F 1.02 in 38.1°F 22.2°F 1.32 in
February 44.1°F 26.6°F 0.65 in 44.9°F 24.5°F 0.86 in
March 54.9°F 31.7°F 0.73 in 55.4°F 30.6°F 1.03 in
April 63.7°F 37.3°F 0.65 in 62.4°F 35.4°F 0.83 in
May 73.7°F 45.4°F 0.72 in 72.3°F 43.5°F 1.03 in
June 80.4°F 52.0°F 0.73 in 81.6°F 50.1°F 0.57 in
July 89.7°F 57.2°F 0.26 in 91.9°F 55.9°F 0.15 in
August 88.3°F 56.1°F 0.15 in 90.5°F 52.9°F 0.18 in
September 78.7°F 47.0°F 0.26 in 80.5°F 44.4°F 0.42 in
October 62.8°F 36.9°F 0.66 in 65.9°F 34.9°F 0.73 in
November 46.3°F 28.8°F 0.87 in 49.5°F 27.4°F 1.11 in
December 36.2°F 23.5°F 1.11 in 37.8°F 22.4°F 1.58 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 →