Climate twins of Iliff, CO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Iliff'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: Iliff vs its climate twin
Top match: Cheraw, CO
| Month | Iliff | Cheraw | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.1°F | 15.6°F | 0.33 in | 46.8°F | 12.7°F | 0.32 in |
| February | 45.6°F | 18.5°F | 0.54 in | 50.5°F | 16.7°F | 0.34 in |
| March | 56.7°F | 26.7°F | 0.77 in | 60.9°F | 25.7°F | 0.80 in |
| April | 63.7°F | 35.3°F | 1.32 in | 68.1°F | 33.9°F | 1.26 in |
| May | 73.4°F | 45.5°F | 2.24 in | 76.9°F | 45.4°F | 1.61 in |
| June | 84.9°F | 56.7°F | 2.20 in | 87.4°F | 56.0°F | 1.61 in |
| July | 91.2°F | 62.2°F | 2.67 in | 91.6°F | 60.8°F | 2.54 in |
| August | 88.6°F | 59.6°F | 1.52 in | 89.4°F | 59.2°F | 1.84 in |
| September | 81.3°F | 49.0°F | 1.63 in | 82.6°F | 49.5°F | 0.88 in |
| October | 66.2°F | 35.3°F | 1.22 in | 70.3°F | 35.1°F | 0.97 in |
| November | 53.1°F | 24.4°F | 0.45 in | 57.2°F | 22.8°F | 0.43 in |
| December | 41.8°F | 15.5°F | 0.35 in | 46.9°F | 13.6°F | 0.37 in |
Cities that consider Iliff their climate twin
These US cities have Iliff in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Iliff would feel familiar.
- Cheraw, CO (ranks Iliff #3)
- Eads, CO (ranks Iliff #3)
- Sheridan Lake, CO (ranks Iliff #3)
- Pritchett, CO (ranks Iliff #3)
- Springfield, CO (ranks Iliff #3)
- Manzanola, CO (ranks Iliff #3)
- Ordway, CO (ranks Iliff #3)
- Crowley, CO (ranks Iliff #3)
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 →