Climate twins of Clifton, AZ
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Clifton'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: Clifton vs its climate twin
Top match: Wickenburg, AZ
| Month | Clifton | Wickenburg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 61.2°F | 35.1°F | 1.25 in | 65.4°F | 34.0°F | 1.24 in |
| February | 65.9°F | 39.1°F | 1.53 in | 68.0°F | 36.4°F | 1.56 in |
| March | 73.2°F | 45.3°F | 0.85 in | 74.7°F | 41.2°F | 1.03 in |
| April | 81.2°F | 51.0°F | 0.47 in | 82.0°F | 45.5°F | 0.29 in |
| May | 90.0°F | 58.7°F | 0.49 in | 90.9°F | 53.0°F | 0.18 in |
| June | 100.0°F | 68.9°F | 0.43 in | 100.8°F | 61.7°F | 0.08 in |
| July | 100.4°F | 74.4°F | 3.12 in | 104.1°F | 72.6°F | 1.15 in |
| August | 97.5°F | 71.6°F | 3.28 in | 102.4°F | 72.1°F | 1.98 in |
| September | 92.5°F | 65.9°F | 1.71 in | 96.4°F | 64.2°F | 1.03 in |
| October | 82.6°F | 54.9°F | 1.45 in | 85.7°F | 50.8°F | 0.54 in |
| November | 69.8°F | 41.5°F | 1.33 in | 73.5°F | 39.5°F | 0.75 in |
| December | 59.6°F | 35.0°F | 1.11 in | 64.2°F | 32.9°F | 1.10 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 →