Climate twins of Rawlins, WY

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rawlins'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: Rawlins vs its climate twin

Top match: Grace, ID

Month Rawlins Grace
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 31.0°F 14.8°F 1.08 in 30.5°F 13.3°F 1.13 in
February 32.5°F 16.3°F 1.02 in 34.4°F 15.7°F 0.98 in
March 42.4°F 23.6°F 1.60 in 43.8°F 23.8°F 1.30 in
April 51.0°F 29.8°F 1.74 in 53.7°F 30.7°F 1.45 in
May 62.4°F 38.1°F 2.36 in 63.9°F 37.7°F 2.38 in
June 74.4°F 48.0°F 1.39 in 74.3°F 44.1°F 1.32 in
July 81.6°F 55.3°F 1.02 in 85.3°F 50.0°F 0.76 in
August 79.6°F 53.3°F 1.09 in 84.1°F 48.5°F 1.04 in
September 71.1°F 45.3°F 1.49 in 73.4°F 40.9°F 1.38 in
October 55.9°F 33.6°F 1.69 in 58.7°F 31.7°F 1.40 in
November 40.7°F 24.5°F 1.24 in 42.8°F 22.7°F 0.92 in
December 30.5°F 15.5°F 1.14 in 31.6°F 14.4°F 0.99 in

Cities that consider Rawlins their climate twin

These US cities have Rawlins in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Rawlins would feel familiar.

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 →