Climate twins of Lost Springs, WY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lost Springs'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: Lost Springs vs its climate twin
Top match: Colstrip, MT
| Month | Lost Springs | Colstrip | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.0°F | 7.0°F | 0.30 in | 35.8°F | 13.5°F | 0.65 in |
| February | 40.0°F | 10.9°F | 0.44 in | 37.1°F | 15.1°F | 0.69 in |
| March | 50.0°F | 20.4°F | 0.92 in | 47.1°F | 23.9°F | 0.95 in |
| April | 58.4°F | 27.4°F | 1.54 in | 55.4°F | 31.9°F | 1.92 in |
| May | 67.4°F | 37.5°F | 3.19 in | 64.9°F | 41.9°F | 3.14 in |
| June | 78.9°F | 46.8°F | 1.57 in | 74.9°F | 50.8°F | 2.48 in |
| July | 87.3°F | 53.8°F | 1.38 in | 85.0°F | 57.2°F | 1.42 in |
| August | 86.6°F | 50.8°F | 1.22 in | 84.0°F | 55.2°F | 1.03 in |
| September | 76.5°F | 39.6°F | 0.77 in | 73.4°F | 45.8°F | 1.43 in |
| October | 61.6°F | 27.0°F | 1.12 in | 58.1°F | 33.7°F | 1.44 in |
| November | 48.3°F | 16.3°F | 0.62 in | 45.9°F | 23.6°F | 0.69 in |
| December | 38.1°F | 5.9°F | 0.36 in | 36.6°F | 15.3°F | 0.56 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 →