Climate twins of Las Animas, CO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Las Animas'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: Las Animas vs its climate twin
Top match: Dalhart, TX
| Month | Las Animas | Dalhart | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 47.8°F | 15.5°F | 0.38 in | 48.8°F | 20.3°F | 0.55 in |
| February | 51.6°F | 19.3°F | 0.32 in | 53.5°F | 24.1°F | 0.38 in |
| March | 61.8°F | 28.1°F | 0.78 in | 62.6°F | 30.4°F | 1.08 in |
| April | 69.6°F | 36.8°F | 1.36 in | 70.4°F | 39.2°F | 1.36 in |
| May | 79.2°F | 47.5°F | 1.69 in | 79.1°F | 48.4°F | 1.91 in |
| June | 90.0°F | 57.8°F | 1.81 in | 89.5°F | 59.3°F | 2.23 in |
| July | 94.5°F | 63.0°F | 2.63 in | 93.3°F | 64.4°F | 2.57 in |
| August | 91.7°F | 61.1°F | 1.82 in | 91.3°F | 62.4°F | 2.83 in |
| September | 84.6°F | 51.9°F | 0.93 in | 84.0°F | 54.8°F | 1.47 in |
| October | 71.3°F | 37.4°F | 1.10 in | 72.5°F | 42.1°F | 1.72 in |
| November | 58.2°F | 24.9°F | 0.40 in | 60.6°F | 30.1°F | 0.61 in |
| December | 47.6°F | 16.0°F | 0.36 in | 50.0°F | 22.4°F | 0.82 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 →