Climate twins of Cheraw, CO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cheraw'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: Cheraw vs its climate twin
Top match: Sterling, CO
| Month | Cheraw | Sterling | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 46.8°F | 12.7°F | 0.32 in | 42.1°F | 15.6°F | 0.33 in |
| February | 50.5°F | 16.7°F | 0.34 in | 45.6°F | 18.5°F | 0.54 in |
| March | 60.9°F | 25.7°F | 0.80 in | 56.7°F | 26.7°F | 0.77 in |
| April | 68.1°F | 33.9°F | 1.26 in | 63.7°F | 35.3°F | 1.32 in |
| May | 76.9°F | 45.4°F | 1.61 in | 73.4°F | 45.5°F | 2.24 in |
| June | 87.4°F | 56.0°F | 1.61 in | 84.9°F | 56.7°F | 2.20 in |
| July | 91.6°F | 60.8°F | 2.54 in | 91.2°F | 62.2°F | 2.67 in |
| August | 89.4°F | 59.2°F | 1.84 in | 88.6°F | 59.6°F | 1.52 in |
| September | 82.6°F | 49.5°F | 0.88 in | 81.3°F | 49.0°F | 1.63 in |
| October | 70.3°F | 35.1°F | 0.97 in | 66.2°F | 35.3°F | 1.22 in |
| November | 57.2°F | 22.8°F | 0.43 in | 53.1°F | 24.4°F | 0.45 in |
| December | 46.9°F | 13.6°F | 0.37 in | 41.8°F | 15.5°F | 0.35 in |
Cities that consider Cheraw their climate twin
These US cities have Cheraw in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Cheraw would feel familiar.
- Sterling, CO (ranks Cheraw #1)
- Iliff, CO (ranks Cheraw #1)
- Merino, CO (ranks Cheraw #1)
- Garden City, CO (ranks Cheraw #2)
- Gilcrest, CO (ranks Cheraw #2)
- Greeley, CO (ranks Cheraw #2)
- Ault, CO (ranks Cheraw #2)
- Keenesburg, CO (ranks Cheraw #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 →