Climate twins of Ovid, CO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ovid'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: Ovid vs its climate twin
Top match: Hot Springs, SD
| Month | Ovid | Hot Springs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 40.5°F | 15.9°F | 0.41 in | 40.4°F | 14.1°F | 0.41 in |
| February | 44.0°F | 18.2°F | 0.41 in | 43.3°F | 15.4°F | 0.57 in |
| March | 54.5°F | 25.9°F | 1.00 in | 54.1°F | 23.6°F | 1.05 in |
| April | 61.9°F | 34.6°F | 1.77 in | 61.6°F | 31.2°F | 2.12 in |
| May | 70.7°F | 44.7°F | 3.00 in | 70.2°F | 41.4°F | 3.28 in |
| June | 81.5°F | 55.3°F | 3.20 in | 80.6°F | 50.8°F | 3.05 in |
| July | 87.6°F | 61.3°F | 2.33 in | 88.5°F | 57.4°F | 2.41 in |
| August | 85.3°F | 58.9°F | 2.79 in | 87.4°F | 55.2°F | 2.00 in |
| September | 78.3°F | 48.8°F | 1.52 in | 79.7°F | 45.4°F | 1.40 in |
| October | 64.5°F | 35.3°F | 1.43 in | 64.7°F | 33.3°F | 1.40 in |
| November | 51.2°F | 24.0°F | 0.41 in | 50.5°F | 22.7°F | 0.43 in |
| December | 40.5°F | 16.0°F | 0.29 in | 40.5°F | 14.8°F | 0.49 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 →