Climate twins of Keenesburg, CO

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Keenesburg'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.

Rank 1 closest
Cheraw, CO
similarity distance: 1.229 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
La Junta, CO
similarity distance: 1.345 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Pritchett, CO
similarity distance: 1.349 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Keenesburg vs its climate twin

Top match: Cheraw, CO

Month Keenesburg Cheraw
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 44.1°F 17.5°F 0.45 in 46.8°F 12.7°F 0.32 in
February 47.7°F 20.0°F 0.45 in 50.5°F 16.7°F 0.34 in
March 59.1°F 28.1°F 0.91 in 60.9°F 25.7°F 0.80 in
April 66.0°F 35.3°F 1.83 in 68.1°F 33.9°F 1.26 in
May 74.7°F 44.5°F 2.65 in 76.9°F 45.4°F 1.61 in
June 85.8°F 53.6°F 1.78 in 87.4°F 56.0°F 1.61 in
July 91.7°F 59.3°F 1.61 in 91.6°F 60.8°F 2.54 in
August 89.2°F 57.3°F 1.56 in 89.4°F 59.2°F 1.84 in
September 81.9°F 48.7°F 1.13 in 82.6°F 49.5°F 0.88 in
October 67.8°F 36.6°F 1.06 in 70.3°F 35.1°F 0.97 in
November 53.6°F 25.8°F 0.67 in 57.2°F 22.8°F 0.43 in
December 43.4°F 17.8°F 0.55 in 46.9°F 13.6°F 0.37 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 →