Climate twins of Rye, CO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rye'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: Rye vs its climate twin
Top match: Superior, CO
| Month | Rye | Superior | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.6°F | 23.1°F | 1.25 in | 47.0°F | 21.5°F | 0.83 in |
| February | 44.5°F | 24.0°F | 1.20 in | 48.3°F | 22.3°F | 0.99 in |
| March | 52.3°F | 29.7°F | 2.37 in | 57.0°F | 29.0°F | 1.99 in |
| April | 57.8°F | 35.3°F | 3.26 in | 62.8°F | 34.5°F | 3.05 in |
| May | 67.0°F | 43.9°F | 2.39 in | 71.3°F | 42.7°F | 3.21 in |
| June | 78.6°F | 53.3°F | 1.81 in | 82.5°F | 51.1°F | 1.95 in |
| July | 81.8°F | 57.8°F | 3.79 in | 88.0°F | 57.0°F | 1.83 in |
| August | 79.0°F | 56.3°F | 3.08 in | 86.0°F | 55.5°F | 1.68 in |
| September | 73.4°F | 50.5°F | 1.73 in | 78.8°F | 48.1°F | 2.09 in |
| October | 62.1°F | 38.9°F | 1.73 in | 65.9°F | 37.2°F | 1.62 in |
| November | 51.2°F | 30.2°F | 1.55 in | 54.5°F | 28.1°F | 1.18 in |
| December | 43.1°F | 22.7°F | 1.21 in | 46.3°F | 21.1°F | 0.81 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 →