Climate twins of Kim, CO

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Kim'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
Flagler, CO
similarity distance: 1.357 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Arriba, CO
similarity distance: 1.357 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Hart, TX
similarity distance: 1.375 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Kim vs its climate twin

Top match: Flagler, CO

Month Kim Flagler
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 49.6°F 21.3°F 0.36 in 45.0°F 17.1°F 0.34 in
February 52.6°F 23.5°F 0.36 in 46.9°F 19.1°F 0.31 in
March 60.2°F 30.4°F 0.92 in 56.6°F 27.0°F 0.80 in
April 66.7°F 37.2°F 1.37 in 63.7°F 34.5°F 1.37 in
May 76.1°F 47.2°F 1.92 in 73.0°F 44.4°F 2.47 in
June 85.1°F 56.5°F 2.05 in 84.7°F 53.9°F 2.64 in
July 89.1°F 60.9°F 2.80 in 89.1°F 59.5°F 3.06 in
August 86.4°F 59.2°F 2.89 in 86.8°F 58.0°F 2.71 in
September 80.1°F 51.4°F 1.52 in 79.1°F 49.3°F 1.24 in
October 69.7°F 38.7°F 0.89 in 65.8°F 36.0°F 0.90 in
November 58.4°F 28.7°F 0.48 in 53.7°F 25.5°F 0.29 in
December 49.5°F 22.2°F 0.52 in 43.8°F 17.0°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 →