Climate twins of Steamboat Springs, CO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Steamboat Springs'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: Steamboat Springs vs its climate twin
Top match: Swan Valley, ID
| Month | Steamboat Springs | Swan Valley | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 29.2°F | 4.6°F | 2.46 in | 30.4°F | 11.0°F | 1.85 in |
| February | 34.3°F | 7.9°F | 1.92 in | 34.7°F | 13.8°F | 1.32 in |
| March | 44.8°F | 17.6°F | 1.58 in | 45.0°F | 21.5°F | 1.54 in |
| April | 54.4°F | 26.7°F | 2.54 in | 56.1°F | 27.2°F | 1.88 in |
| May | 65.2°F | 34.0°F | 2.65 in | 65.9°F | 34.6°F | 2.53 in |
| June | 75.9°F | 39.2°F | 1.58 in | 74.9°F | 40.7°F | 2.07 in |
| July | 83.1°F | 45.8°F | 1.72 in | 84.9°F | 45.8°F | 1.25 in |
| August | 81.5°F | 44.2°F | 1.80 in | 84.2°F | 44.2°F | 1.25 in |
| September | 73.5°F | 35.7°F | 2.32 in | 74.5°F | 37.4°F | 1.55 in |
| October | 59.3°F | 26.1°F | 2.22 in | 59.3°F | 28.5°F | 1.81 in |
| November | 42.9°F | 16.4°F | 1.93 in | 43.0°F | 20.3°F | 1.59 in |
| December | 30.4°F | 6.3°F | 1.96 in | 31.6°F | 12.4°F | 1.44 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 →