Climate twins of Fairplay, CO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Fairplay'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: Fairplay vs its climate twin
Top match: Red River, NM
| Month | Fairplay | Red River | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.8°F | 9.7°F | 0.65 in | 35.2°F | 6.8°F | 1.05 in |
| February | 30.9°F | 9.3°F | 0.66 in | 37.2°F | 9.4°F | 1.46 in |
| March | 38.1°F | 15.6°F | 1.10 in | 44.8°F | 16.2°F | 1.85 in |
| April | 44.5°F | 21.9°F | 1.35 in | 52.3°F | 23.0°F | 1.99 in |
| May | 54.5°F | 29.1°F | 1.78 in | 62.0°F | 29.6°F | 1.79 in |
| June | 65.8°F | 36.6°F | 1.13 in | 72.4°F | 36.3°F | 1.11 in |
| July | 71.0°F | 42.4°F | 2.40 in | 74.6°F | 41.6°F | 3.14 in |
| August | 68.3°F | 41.0°F | 2.22 in | 72.4°F | 40.2°F | 3.01 in |
| September | 62.1°F | 34.7°F | 1.44 in | 67.7°F | 33.8°F | 2.03 in |
| October | 50.9°F | 25.9°F | 1.01 in | 56.2°F | 24.7°F | 1.78 in |
| November | 39.1°F | 16.8°F | 0.63 in | 43.7°F | 15.5°F | 1.59 in |
| December | 30.7°F | 9.7°F | 0.73 in | 35.1°F | 8.1°F | 1.22 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 →