Climate twins of Fountain, CO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Fountain'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: Fountain vs its climate twin
Top match: Grenville, NM
| Month | Fountain | Grenville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 45.0°F | 18.5°F | 0.29 in | 47.0°F | 19.9°F | 0.38 in |
| February | 46.5°F | 20.2°F | 0.32 in | 49.9°F | 21.0°F | 0.40 in |
| March | 54.9°F | 27.3°F | 0.79 in | 58.1°F | 27.7°F | 0.80 in |
| April | 61.0°F | 34.0°F | 1.45 in | 65.1°F | 34.1°F | 1.07 in |
| May | 70.7°F | 43.5°F | 1.99 in | 73.8°F | 43.5°F | 1.65 in |
| June | 81.6°F | 52.8°F | 2.27 in | 83.3°F | 53.1°F | 1.88 in |
| July | 86.5°F | 58.2°F | 3.12 in | 86.4°F | 57.7°F | 3.64 in |
| August | 83.6°F | 56.6°F | 2.96 in | 83.6°F | 56.6°F | 3.15 in |
| September | 77.1°F | 48.9°F | 1.35 in | 78.1°F | 49.8°F | 1.77 in |
| October | 64.7°F | 36.6°F | 0.77 in | 67.6°F | 38.2°F | 0.99 in |
| November | 52.9°F | 26.0°F | 0.37 in | 56.2°F | 27.4°F | 0.41 in |
| December | 44.6°F | 18.7°F | 0.23 in | 46.7°F | 20.2°F | 0.46 in |
Cities that consider Fountain their climate twin
These US cities have Fountain in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Fountain would feel familiar.
- Grenville, NM (ranks Fountain #1)
- Cimarron, NM (ranks Fountain #1)
- Wagon Mound, NM (ranks Fountain #1)
- Roy, NM (ranks Fountain #2)
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 →