Climate twins of Wiley, CO

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Wiley'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.

Rank 1 closest
Dalhart, TX
similarity distance: 1.503 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Merino, CO
similarity distance: 1.534 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Iliff, CO
similarity distance: 1.534 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Wiley vs its climate twin

Top match: Dalhart, TX

Month Wiley Dalhart
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 47.4°F 13.9°F 0.19 in 48.8°F 20.3°F 0.55 in
February 51.5°F 17.5°F 0.22 in 53.5°F 24.1°F 0.38 in
March 62.3°F 26.5°F 0.59 in 62.6°F 30.4°F 1.08 in
April 70.1°F 35.4°F 1.06 in 70.4°F 39.2°F 1.36 in
May 80.1°F 45.6°F 1.70 in 79.1°F 48.4°F 1.91 in
June 90.9°F 56.8°F 2.09 in 89.5°F 59.3°F 2.23 in
July 95.4°F 62.3°F 2.92 in 93.3°F 64.4°F 2.57 in
August 92.6°F 60.4°F 2.22 in 91.3°F 62.4°F 2.83 in
September 85.7°F 50.8°F 1.03 in 84.0°F 54.8°F 1.47 in
October 71.9°F 35.3°F 0.82 in 72.5°F 42.1°F 1.72 in
November 58.7°F 23.6°F 0.38 in 60.6°F 30.1°F 0.61 in
December 47.4°F 14.4°F 0.13 in 50.0°F 22.4°F 0.82 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 →