Climate twins of Rocky Ridge, UT

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

Top match: Gypsum, CO

Month Rocky Ridge Gypsum
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 37.4°F 19.8°F 1.83 in 35.5°F 14.8°F 1.66 in
February 42.3°F 23.8°F 1.63 in 42.5°F 20.4°F 1.59 in
March 52.2°F 31.1°F 1.94 in 53.4°F 28.1°F 1.33 in
April 58.9°F 36.4°F 2.20 in 61.5°F 35.1°F 2.34 in
May 69.2°F 44.4°F 1.91 in 71.2°F 43.7°F 2.10 in
June 80.9°F 53.4°F 0.91 in 83.2°F 51.2°F 0.99 in
July 90.0°F 62.5°F 0.73 in 89.2°F 59.3°F 1.03 in
August 88.2°F 60.8°F 0.76 in 86.6°F 57.8°F 1.52 in
September 78.1°F 50.8°F 1.19 in 79.2°F 50.3°F 2.17 in
October 63.7°F 38.4°F 1.80 in 65.1°F 38.0°F 2.08 in
November 48.7°F 28.3°F 1.53 in 48.8°F 27.1°F 1.74 in
December 37.6°F 20.1°F 1.92 in 35.8°F 15.7°F 1.48 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 →