Climate twins of Stanley, ID
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Stanley'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: Stanley vs its climate twin
Top match: Fraser, CO
| Month | Stanley | Fraser | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 25.7°F | -3.0°F | 1.80 in | 30.8°F | -0.9°F | 1.94 in |
| February | 32.7°F | -0.9°F | 1.44 in | 34.4°F | 2.0°F | 1.43 in |
| March | 42.6°F | 8.6°F | 2.02 in | 42.7°F | 10.7°F | 1.79 in |
| April | 49.7°F | 18.2°F | 1.69 in | 51.1°F | 19.8°F | 2.04 in |
| May | 60.4°F | 26.0°F | 1.67 in | 62.1°F | 26.9°F | 1.27 in |
| June | 68.8°F | 31.1°F | 1.48 in | 72.4°F | 32.6°F | 1.18 in |
| July | 80.2°F | 34.0°F | 0.62 in | 76.8°F | 38.0°F | 1.90 in |
| August | 79.4°F | 31.6°F | 0.55 in | 74.5°F | 36.8°F | 1.73 in |
| September | 70.3°F | 25.0°F | 1.01 in | 68.0°F | 29.1°F | 1.63 in |
| October | 56.1°F | 18.6°F | 1.60 in | 55.7°F | 20.9°F | 1.62 in |
| November | 38.4°F | 9.6°F | 2.00 in | 41.1°F | 9.5°F | 1.37 in |
| December | 25.0°F | -2.1°F | 2.32 in | 30.7°F | -0.8°F | 1.68 in |
Cities that consider Stanley their climate twin
These US cities have Stanley in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Stanley would feel familiar.
- Crested Butte, CO (ranks Stanley #1)
- Dillon, CO (ranks Stanley #3)
- Frisco, CO (ranks Stanley #3)
- Silverthorne, CO (ranks Stanley #3)
- Leadville, CO (ranks Stanley #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 →