Climate twins of Bayfield, CO

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

Top match: Flagstaff, AZ

Month	Bayfield			Flagstaff
	High	Low	Precip	High	Low	Precip
January	38.0°F	7.2°F	2.52 in	43.4°F	17.6°F	2.05 in
February	40.8°F	11.1°F	2.14 in	45.7°F	19.6°F	2.17 in
March	49.1°F	20.4°F	1.69 in	52.2°F	23.8°F	1.88 in
April	56.8°F	27.2°F	1.36 in	59.2°F	28.2°F	0.89 in
May	65.7°F	34.6°F	1.66 in	68.1°F	34.6°F	0.77 in
June	76.8°F	42.1°F	0.88 in	79.1°F	42.5°F	0.30 in
July	81.1°F	48.8°F	2.57 in	82.0°F	51.4°F	2.61 in
August	78.7°F	47.8°F	3.24 in	79.3°F	50.6°F	3.04 in
September	72.5°F	40.3°F	3.36 in	74.1°F	42.5°F	1.84 in
October	60.9°F	30.3°F	2.34 in	63.6°F	31.5°F	1.52 in
November	48.3°F	20.5°F	1.93 in	52.1°F	23.0°F	1.55 in
December	38.5°F	12.1°F	2.07 in	43.0°F	16.9°F	1.90 in

Cities that consider Bayfield their climate twin

These US cities have Bayfield in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Bayfield would feel familiar.

Cloudcroft, NM (ranks Bayfield #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 →