Climate twins of Pierce, CO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Pierce'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: Pierce vs its climate twin
Top match: Cody, WY
| Month | Pierce | Cody | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 41.7°F | 14.1°F | 0.25 in | 37.5°F | 17.5°F | 0.37 in |
| February | 44.2°F | 14.9°F | 0.38 in | 38.7°F | 18.5°F | 0.46 in |
| March | 53.0°F | 22.8°F | 0.82 in | 48.7°F | 26.8°F | 0.55 in |
| April | 59.6°F | 29.6°F | 1.62 in | 55.3°F | 33.0°F | 1.35 in |
| May | 68.6°F | 39.5°F | 2.47 in | 64.4°F | 41.9°F | 2.18 in |
| June | 79.8°F | 48.2°F | 1.94 in | 74.8°F | 50.0°F | 1.62 in |
| July | 87.0°F | 54.1°F | 1.62 in | 84.0°F | 57.3°F | 0.89 in |
| August | 85.4°F | 52.5°F | 1.33 in | 82.2°F | 55.6°F | 0.90 in |
| September | 76.3°F | 44.3°F | 1.11 in | 72.3°F | 47.2°F | 1.15 in |
| October | 62.3°F | 31.9°F | 1.00 in | 58.0°F | 35.9°F | 0.99 in |
| November | 50.2°F | 21.1°F | 0.56 in | 44.8°F | 25.5°F | 0.59 in |
| December | 41.3°F | 13.5°F | 0.30 in | 36.5°F | 18.0°F | 0.46 in |
Cities that consider Pierce their climate twin
These US cities have Pierce in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Pierce would feel familiar.
- Cody, WY (ranks Pierce #1)
- Bar Nunn, WY (ranks Pierce #1)
- Casper, WY (ranks Pierce #1)
- Evansville, WY (ranks Pierce #1)
- Mills, WY (ranks Pierce #1)
- Douglas, WY (ranks Pierce #2)
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 →