Climate twins of Fort Lupton, CO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Fort Lupton'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: Fort Lupton vs its climate twin
Top match: Fort Laramie, WY
| Month | Fort Lupton | Fort Laramie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 44.4°F | 16.1°F | 0.42 in | 43.0°F | 15.3°F | 0.24 in |
| February | 45.9°F | 18.5°F | 0.43 in | 45.0°F | 17.1°F | 0.53 in |
| March | 55.9°F | 26.7°F | 0.98 in | 54.8°F | 23.5°F | 0.80 in |
| April | 62.9°F | 33.9°F | 1.77 in | 61.9°F | 30.1°F | 1.71 in |
| May | 71.9°F | 43.2°F | 2.35 in | 71.0°F | 40.6°F | 2.93 in |
| June | 84.1°F | 52.4°F | 1.41 in | 82.8°F | 50.0°F | 2.19 in |
| July | 90.0°F | 58.2°F | 1.72 in | 91.0°F | 56.5°F | 1.78 in |
| August | 87.6°F | 56.4°F | 1.77 in | 89.2°F | 54.1°F | 1.36 in |
| September | 79.8°F | 47.4°F | 1.18 in | 79.8°F | 43.8°F | 1.39 in |
| October | 65.9°F | 35.0°F | 1.02 in | 65.2°F | 31.1°F | 1.13 in |
| November | 53.3°F | 25.0°F | 0.69 in | 52.0°F | 22.1°F | 0.46 in |
| December | 44.0°F | 16.3°F | 0.37 in | 42.6°F | 15.4°F | 0.42 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 →