Climate twins of Parachute, CO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Parachute'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: Parachute vs its climate twin
Top match: Gunnison, UT
| Month | Parachute | Gunnison | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.9°F | 10.9°F | 1.04 in | 37.0°F | 13.6°F | 1.03 in |
| February | 43.0°F | 16.7°F | 1.05 in | 43.8°F | 20.6°F | 0.96 in |
| March | 53.6°F | 25.7°F | 1.10 in | 54.9°F | 26.2°F | 1.19 in |
| April | 61.1°F | 31.5°F | 1.51 in | 61.8°F | 30.0°F | 1.17 in |
| May | 70.8°F | 39.5°F | 1.36 in | 69.6°F | 36.7°F | 1.57 in |
| June | 82.5°F | 47.9°F | 0.85 in | 82.8°F | 43.1°F | 0.84 in |
| July | 88.6°F | 54.3°F | 1.52 in | 89.6°F | 50.1°F | 1.01 in |
| August | 86.5°F | 52.7°F | 1.36 in | 87.8°F | 49.3°F | 1.11 in |
| September | 78.4°F | 44.6°F | 1.61 in | 79.3°F | 40.6°F | 1.14 in |
| October | 64.7°F | 32.5°F | 1.62 in | 66.2°F | 29.9°F | 1.40 in |
| November | 49.7°F | 22.5°F | 1.29 in | 50.8°F | 20.3°F | 0.96 in |
| December | 36.3°F | 12.2°F | 0.96 in | 37.6°F | 12.7°F | 1.21 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 →