Climate twins of Gunnison, CO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Gunnison'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: Gunnison vs its climate twin
Top match: Woodruff, UT
| Month | Gunnison | Woodruff | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 26.1°F | -6.4°F | 0.82 in | 28.6°F | 2.0°F | 0.55 in |
| February | 30.4°F | 0.7°F | 0.67 in | 32.0°F | 4.9°F | 0.53 in |
| March | 44.1°F | 14.0°F | 0.51 in | 44.4°F | 16.0°F | 0.63 in |
| April | 56.0°F | 22.7°F | 0.74 in | 55.2°F | 23.0°F | 0.86 in |
| May | 65.8°F | 30.2°F | 1.00 in | 65.0°F | 30.9°F | 1.42 in |
| June | 76.2°F | 36.5°F | 0.57 in | 74.6°F | 37.4°F | 1.04 in |
| July | 79.9°F | 43.9°F | 1.31 in | 83.4°F | 43.0°F | 0.60 in |
| August | 77.0°F | 42.6°F | 1.45 in | 82.0°F | 40.9°F | 0.90 in |
| September | 70.3°F | 33.6°F | 1.22 in | 73.0°F | 32.1°F | 1.10 in |
| October | 59.8°F | 21.7°F | 0.73 in | 59.2°F | 22.7°F | 1.08 in |
| November | 43.6°F | 10.7°F | 0.65 in | 43.4°F | 13.3°F | 0.66 in |
| December | 28.5°F | -2.9°F | 0.93 in | 29.8°F | 3.6°F | 0.50 in |
Cities that consider Gunnison their climate twin
These US cities have Gunnison in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Gunnison would feel familiar.
- La Barge, WY (ranks Gunnison #2)
- Diamondville, WY (ranks Gunnison #2)
- Kemmerer, WY (ranks Gunnison #2)
- Opal, WY (ranks Gunnison #2)
- Big Piney, WY (ranks Gunnison #1)
- Marbleton, WY (ranks Gunnison #1)
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 →