Climate twins of Rifle, CO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rifle'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: Rifle vs its climate twin
Top match: Joseph, UT
| Month | Rifle | Joseph | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.4°F | 9.7°F | 0.93 in | 42.3°F | 12.4°F | 0.78 in |
| February | 41.7°F | 15.4°F | 0.80 in | 46.3°F | 16.2°F | 0.97 in |
| March | 54.8°F | 21.8°F | 0.93 in | 54.9°F | 22.3°F | 0.85 in |
| April | 62.0°F | 28.2°F | 1.23 in | 61.0°F | 27.4°F | 1.14 in |
| May | 71.7°F | 36.6°F | 1.32 in | 70.9°F | 35.2°F | 1.19 in |
| June | 83.1°F | 44.7°F | 0.80 in | 82.7°F | 43.0°F | 0.63 in |
| July | 88.2°F | 52.2°F | 1.16 in | 89.6°F | 51.0°F | 1.23 in |
| August | 85.4°F | 49.3°F | 1.27 in | 87.5°F | 49.0°F | 1.30 in |
| September | 78.5°F | 40.6°F | 1.42 in | 79.5°F | 39.6°F | 1.01 in |
| October | 64.4°F | 29.5°F | 1.45 in | 66.3°F | 28.5°F | 1.21 in |
| November | 49.5°F | 19.8°F | 0.74 in | 52.5°F | 19.3°F | 0.88 in |
| December | 37.2°F | 11.3°F | 0.71 in | 41.8°F | 11.7°F | 0.89 in |
Cities that consider Rifle their climate twin
These US cities have Rifle in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Rifle would feel familiar.
- Joseph, UT (ranks Rifle #1)
- Centerfield, UT (ranks Rifle #1)
- Fayette, UT (ranks Rifle #1)
- Gunnison, UT (ranks Rifle #1)
- Ignacio, CO (ranks Rifle #1)
- Wellington, UT (ranks Rifle #1)
- Elmo, UT (ranks Rifle #1)
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 →