Climate twins of Bluff, UT

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bluff'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.

Rank 1 closest
Winslow, AZ
similarity distance: 0.928 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Bosque Farms, NM
similarity distance: 1.157 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Belen, NM
similarity distance: 1.157 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Bluff vs its climate twin

Top match: Winslow, AZ

Month Bluff Winslow
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 43.2°F 19.7°F 0.83 in 49.8°F 22.0°F 0.51 in
February 51.4°F 24.8°F 0.62 in 56.2°F 25.9°F 0.42 in
March 62.8°F 31.9°F 0.47 in 64.5°F 31.8°F 0.49 in
April 71.4°F 39.1°F 0.34 in 71.9°F 37.9°F 0.25 in
May 80.7°F 47.6°F 0.50 in 81.2°F 46.2°F 0.30 in
June 91.8°F 55.5°F 0.20 in 92.3°F 55.2°F 0.14 in
July 95.9°F 63.8°F 0.62 in 94.6°F 63.7°F 0.89 in
August 92.6°F 62.2°F 0.94 in 91.7°F 62.5°F 1.16 in
September 84.2°F 51.8°F 0.84 in 85.6°F 53.8°F 0.87 in
October 70.2°F 38.2°F 0.77 in 73.8°F 40.4°F 0.51 in
November 55.1°F 26.8°F 0.48 in 60.3°F 28.9°F 0.48 in
December 43.0°F 19.7°F 0.67 in 48.7°F 21.7°F 0.50 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 →