Climate twins of Lochbuie, CO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lochbuie'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: Lochbuie vs its climate twin
Top match: Torrington, WY
| Month | Lochbuie | Torrington | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 44.4°F | 16.1°F | 0.42 in | 41.9°F | 15.6°F | 0.23 in |
| February | 45.9°F | 18.5°F | 0.43 in | 44.0°F | 17.2°F | 0.29 in |
| March | 55.9°F | 26.7°F | 0.98 in | 53.7°F | 24.7°F | 0.66 in |
| April | 62.9°F | 33.9°F | 1.77 in | 60.9°F | 31.9°F | 1.61 in |
| May | 71.9°F | 43.2°F | 2.35 in | 70.3°F | 41.7°F | 2.53 in |
| June | 84.1°F | 52.4°F | 1.41 in | 82.9°F | 51.6°F | 2.12 in |
| July | 90.0°F | 58.2°F | 1.72 in | 90.4°F | 58.1°F | 1.73 in |
| August | 87.6°F | 56.4°F | 1.77 in | 88.1°F | 55.5°F | 0.97 in |
| September | 79.8°F | 47.4°F | 1.18 in | 79.0°F | 45.4°F | 1.10 in |
| October | 65.9°F | 35.0°F | 1.02 in | 63.6°F | 32.8°F | 1.09 in |
| November | 53.3°F | 25.0°F | 0.69 in | 50.7°F | 22.3°F | 0.26 in |
| December | 44.0°F | 16.3°F | 0.37 in | 41.3°F | 15.4°F | 0.23 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 →