Climate twins of Jackson, WY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Jackson'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: Jackson vs its climate twin
Top match: Hot Sulphur Springs, CO
| Month | Jackson | Hot Sulphur Springs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 26.1°F | 6.3°F | 1.45 in | 25.9°F | 0.1°F | 1.00 in |
| February | 30.4°F | 9.3°F | 1.43 in | 31.1°F | 3.7°F | 0.95 in |
| March | 40.2°F | 18.2°F | 1.33 in | 42.3°F | 14.6°F | 0.98 in |
| April | 50.2°F | 25.8°F | 1.46 in | 52.1°F | 23.7°F | 1.46 in |
| May | 60.3°F | 31.5°F | 1.83 in | 62.1°F | 31.7°F | 1.53 in |
| June | 69.8°F | 37.8°F | 1.61 in | 73.1°F | 38.4°F | 0.99 in |
| July | 79.1°F | 41.4°F | 1.10 in | 79.2°F | 44.5°F | 1.44 in |
| August | 78.0°F | 39.8°F | 1.14 in | 77.1°F | 43.0°F | 1.44 in |
| September | 68.1°F | 32.8°F | 1.59 in | 70.1°F | 34.9°F | 1.40 in |
| October | 54.5°F | 24.9°F | 1.57 in | 56.9°F | 25.1°F | 1.26 in |
| November | 37.6°F | 15.8°F | 1.37 in | 41.0°F | 14.7°F | 0.92 in |
| December | 26.2°F | 6.8°F | 1.76 in | 28.2°F | 3.5°F | 0.88 in |
Cities that consider Jackson their climate twin
These US cities have Jackson in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Jackson would feel familiar.
- Vail, CO (ranks Jackson #1)
- Grand Lake, CO (ranks Jackson #3)
- Granby, CO (ranks Jackson #2)
- Fraser, CO (ranks Jackson #3)
- Seneca, OR (ranks Jackson #3)
- Stanley, ID (ranks Jackson #3)
- Frisco, CO (ranks Jackson #2)
- Silverthorne, CO (ranks Jackson #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 →