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Maybe somewhere in western side of United States that are located quite far away from the sea, such as inland central and northern California or inland Oregon could have a similar kind of climate as Madrid, Spain, but I'm not sure.
I think Washington and southern British Columbia are completely ruled out, due to lower temperatures all year round.
Southern California and northwestern side of Mexico may be ruled out also to higher temperatures and larger summer dry season.
Well, I hope people from western North America help me resolve my doubts about it.
I would say Sacramento most closely resembles Madrid in terms of weather. However, summers will be different in that evenings and nights cool down significantly. For example this week the highs will generally be 88-93 farenheit (about 31 to 33 celsius) but the evenings cool down to about 61 farenheit (about 16 celsius). Like Madrid Spring and Autumn are pleasant.
Location: Segovia, central Spain, 1230 m asl, Csb Mediterranean with strong continental influence, 40º43 N
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Sacramento seems to me like the dry season are much longer than in Madrid.
There are some places in interior southeastern Spain, such as Almeria or Murcia with same kind of long dry season.
Medford looks much better, but anyway is not exactly the same. Average minimum temperatures there are lower than Madrid ones.
Most parts of Iberian peninsula experience a slightly little dry season in winter because it works like a mini-continent who often should fixed winter high pressures. Once winter is over, spring is marked by higher amounts of rainfall, then summer is the main dry season, and finally autumn is the main rainy season.
On the other hand, what about thunderstorms there?
According to the second link I posted on first message, Madrid has an average number of 16 thunderstoms every year.
In terms of average high and low temperature Kernville, CA is a close match. However the record high may be higher than the capital of Spain. Interestingly, Kernville is higher, even due to latitude the tendency was to be milder in summer, the city is at 813 m, Madrid although not high yet it is at 667 m. The biggest differences with the city california is that the peaks of precipitation occur a little before and after the summer. Kernville is practically concentrated between December and March, which makes Madrid seem "little" Mediterranean. I still believe the latter to be cooler because of wind speeds and also because of the incidence of short-wave solar rays largest in southwestern California.
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