Climate twins of Dinosaur, CO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Dinosaur'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: Dinosaur vs its climate twin
Top match: Ephraim, UT
| Month | Dinosaur | Ephraim | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.4°F | 11.8°F | 0.52 in | 36.2°F | 10.8°F | 0.90 in |
| February | 37.5°F | 16.7°F | 0.63 in | 42.3°F | 17.3°F | 0.96 in |
| March | 50.2°F | 26.7°F | 0.65 in | 53.7°F | 25.0°F | 1.02 in |
| April | 58.7°F | 32.8°F | 1.06 in | 60.6°F | 29.7°F | 1.11 in |
| May | 69.8°F | 41.6°F | 1.28 in | 71.4°F | 37.2°F | 1.30 in |
| June | 82.5°F | 50.9°F | 0.68 in | 83.0°F | 44.0°F | 0.78 in |
| July | 89.1°F | 57.7°F | 0.75 in | 91.2°F | 51.6°F | 0.62 in |
| August | 85.8°F | 56.0°F | 1.01 in | 88.7°F | 49.8°F | 0.81 in |
| September | 76.1°F | 47.2°F | 1.26 in | 79.3°F | 40.9°F | 1.08 in |
| October | 61.3°F | 35.5°F | 1.52 in | 65.3°F | 30.1°F | 1.08 in |
| November | 44.7°F | 23.9°F | 0.70 in | 50.6°F | 20.3°F | 0.88 in |
| December | 31.3°F | 13.7°F | 0.68 in | 36.6°F | 11.3°F | 1.15 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 →