Climate twins of Manzanola, CO

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Manzanola'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
Sterling, CO
similarity distance: 1.220 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Merino, CO
similarity distance: 1.220 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Iliff, CO
similarity distance: 1.220 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Manzanola vs its climate twin

Top match: Sterling, CO

Month Manzanola Sterling
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 44.8°F 12.3°F 0.24 in 42.1°F 15.6°F 0.33 in
February 48.3°F 16.6°F 0.21 in 45.6°F 18.5°F 0.54 in
March 59.6°F 25.2°F 0.50 in 56.7°F 26.7°F 0.77 in
April 67.1°F 33.5°F 1.12 in 63.7°F 35.3°F 1.32 in
May 77.1°F 45.0°F 1.51 in 73.4°F 45.5°F 2.24 in
June 88.9°F 55.1°F 1.52 in 84.9°F 56.7°F 2.20 in
July 94.2°F 60.7°F 2.18 in 91.2°F 62.2°F 2.67 in
August 91.1°F 59.0°F 1.92 in 88.6°F 59.6°F 1.52 in
September 83.3°F 48.7°F 0.70 in 81.3°F 49.0°F 1.63 in
October 69.6°F 34.3°F 0.78 in 66.2°F 35.3°F 1.22 in
November 55.9°F 21.8°F 0.31 in 53.1°F 24.4°F 0.45 in
December 45.1°F 13.0°F 0.24 in 41.8°F 15.5°F 0.35 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 →