Climate twins of Cheyenne Wells, CO

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

Top match: Clayton, NM

Month Cheyenne Wells Clayton
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 44.0°F 19.6°F 0.22 in 49.5°F 21.4°F 0.33 in
February 47.0°F 20.9°F 0.38 in 52.0°F 23.0°F 0.30 in
March 57.1°F 28.8°F 0.68 in 60.0°F 29.8°F 0.91 in
April 64.7°F 35.4°F 1.40 in 67.3°F 36.8°F 1.12 in
May 74.0°F 45.7°F 2.09 in 76.4°F 46.6°F 1.85 in
June 85.7°F 55.3°F 2.24 in 86.4°F 56.1°F 1.97 in
July 90.6°F 61.1°F 3.72 in 90.0°F 60.8°F 2.81 in
August 88.2°F 59.8°F 2.65 in 86.6°F 59.7°F 3.08 in
September 81.6°F 51.9°F 1.15 in 80.3°F 52.5°F 1.75 in
October 67.3°F 38.8°F 1.15 in 69.1°F 40.3°F 1.13 in
November 54.1°F 28.1°F 0.39 in 57.7°F 29.7°F 0.45 in
December 44.2°F 20.0°F 0.29 in 48.6°F 22.0°F 0.42 in

Cities that consider Cheyenne Wells their climate twin

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

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 →