Climate twins of Yampa, CO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Yampa'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: Yampa vs its climate twin
Top match: Randolph, UT
| Month | Yampa | Randolph | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.6°F | 7.2°F | 1.37 in | 27.7°F | 4.1°F | 1.17 in |
| February | 34.5°F | 8.5°F | 1.29 in | 31.6°F | 6.5°F | 1.05 in |
| March | 43.2°F | 16.9°F | 1.32 in | 42.4°F | 18.0°F | 1.07 in |
| April | 52.0°F | 24.2°F | 1.82 in | 52.0°F | 25.2°F | 1.34 in |
| May | 62.2°F | 32.5°F | 1.62 in | 61.8°F | 33.0°F | 1.87 in |
| June | 73.5°F | 39.9°F | 1.11 in | 72.7°F | 39.8°F | 1.15 in |
| July | 79.4°F | 46.5°F | 1.62 in | 81.6°F | 45.6°F | 0.83 in |
| August | 77.5°F | 45.0°F | 1.59 in | 80.3°F | 43.0°F | 1.21 in |
| September | 70.4°F | 37.1°F | 1.48 in | 71.0°F | 34.1°F | 1.29 in |
| October | 57.2°F | 26.7°F | 1.26 in | 57.5°F | 24.2°F | 1.25 in |
| November | 42.3°F | 17.0°F | 1.19 in | 41.9°F | 15.8°F | 1.11 in |
| December | 31.7°F | 8.4°F | 1.27 in | 29.0°F | 6.3°F | 1.02 in |
Cities that consider Yampa their climate twin
These US cities have Yampa in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Yampa would feel familiar.
- Randolph, UT (ranks Yampa #2)
- Afton, WY (ranks Yampa #2)
- Montpelier, ID (ranks Yampa #1)
- Paris, ID (ranks Yampa #1)
- City of Creede, CO (ranks Yampa #2)
- Chama, NM (ranks Yampa #2)
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 →