Climate twins of Burlington, CO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Burlington'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: Burlington vs its climate twin
Top match: Bridgeport, NE
| Month | Burlington | Bridgeport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.8°F | 17.3°F | 0.36 in | 41.1°F | 15.8°F | 0.36 in |
| February | 46.2°F | 19.0°F | 0.59 in | 45.0°F | 18.3°F | 0.50 in |
| March | 56.5°F | 26.3°F | 1.01 in | 56.0°F | 26.0°F | 0.91 in |
| April | 64.0°F | 33.7°F | 2.00 in | 64.2°F | 33.3°F | 2.17 in |
| May | 73.6°F | 44.6°F | 2.70 in | 73.3°F | 43.7°F | 3.31 in |
| June | 85.2°F | 55.4°F | 2.80 in | 85.2°F | 53.6°F | 2.89 in |
| July | 90.5°F | 60.5°F | 3.36 in | 91.5°F | 60.1°F | 2.43 in |
| August | 87.9°F | 58.7°F | 2.69 in | 89.1°F | 57.6°F | 2.06 in |
| September | 80.5°F | 50.0°F | 1.29 in | 80.6°F | 48.0°F | 1.70 in |
| October | 67.4°F | 36.7°F | 1.42 in | 65.6°F | 34.4°F | 1.28 in |
| November | 53.8°F | 26.1°F | 0.52 in | 51.9°F | 23.7°F | 0.57 in |
| December | 44.0°F | 18.2°F | 0.51 in | 41.1°F | 15.7°F | 0.45 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 →