Climate twins of Abilene, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Abilene'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: Abilene vs its climate twin
Top match: Pond Creek, OK
| Month | Abilene | Pond Creek | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.2°F | 21.7°F | 0.86 in | 47.6°F | 20.2°F | 1.02 in |
| February | 48.6°F | 25.2°F | 1.43 in | 52.2°F | 23.4°F | 1.17 in |
| March | 59.7°F | 34.9°F | 2.23 in | 62.0°F | 31.6°F | 2.28 in |
| April | 69.7°F | 44.7°F | 3.26 in | 70.8°F | 41.4°F | 3.67 in |
| May | 78.9°F | 54.7°F | 5.20 in | 79.9°F | 53.1°F | 4.79 in |
| June | 89.4°F | 64.8°F | 4.18 in | 89.5°F | 63.3°F | 4.52 in |
| July | 94.4°F | 69.4°F | 4.75 in | 94.6°F | 67.9°F | 3.76 in |
| August | 92.1°F | 67.4°F | 4.27 in | 93.5°F | 65.9°F | 3.74 in |
| September | 84.2°F | 58.9°F | 2.54 in | 85.3°F | 56.7°F | 2.69 in |
| October | 71.2°F | 46.4°F | 2.47 in | 73.5°F | 43.7°F | 3.10 in |
| November | 57.1°F | 34.1°F | 1.59 in | 60.2°F | 31.5°F | 1.66 in |
| December | 45.4°F | 24.5°F | 1.50 in | 49.0°F | 22.8°F | 1.45 in |
Cities that consider Abilene their climate twin
These US cities have Abilene in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Abilene would feel familiar.
- Pond Creek, OK (ranks Abilene #2)
- Hunter, OK (ranks Abilene #2)
- Jefferson, OK (ranks Abilene #2)
- Amorita, OK (ranks Abilene #1)
- Burlington, OK (ranks Abilene #2)
- Ponca City, OK (ranks Abilene #3)
- Kildare, OK (ranks Abilene #3)
- Carmen, OK (ranks Abilene #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 →