Climate twins of Albion, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Albion'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: Albion vs its climate twin
Top match: Howard, SD
| Month | Albion | Howard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.7°F | 11.1°F | 0.55 in | 29.1°F | 4.6°F | 0.63 in |
| February | 36.9°F | 14.5°F | 0.70 in | 34.1°F | 9.0°F | 0.67 in |
| March | 49.0°F | 24.2°F | 1.67 in | 46.8°F | 20.8°F | 1.37 in |
| April | 60.3°F | 34.3°F | 2.67 in | 61.0°F | 31.8°F | 2.68 in |
| May | 71.0°F | 47.4°F | 4.22 in | 72.5°F | 44.8°F | 3.88 in |
| June | 81.1°F | 58.2°F | 3.77 in | 82.3°F | 55.8°F | 3.70 in |
| July | 84.8°F | 62.7°F | 3.31 in | 87.3°F | 60.2°F | 3.51 in |
| August | 82.6°F | 59.9°F | 3.52 in | 84.9°F | 57.6°F | 2.89 in |
| September | 76.1°F | 49.8°F | 2.69 in | 77.4°F | 48.4°F | 2.96 in |
| October | 63.2°F | 36.9°F | 2.14 in | 62.6°F | 35.1°F | 2.35 in |
| November | 48.6°F | 24.2°F | 1.18 in | 46.9°F | 21.3°F | 1.02 in |
| December | 35.9°F | 14.8°F | 0.81 in | 33.1°F | 10.2°F | 0.69 in |
Cities that consider Albion their climate twin
These US cities have Albion in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Albion would feel familiar.
- Mitchell, SD (ranks Albion #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 →