Climate twins of Arlington, NE

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Arlington'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
Doniphan, NE
similarity distance: 1.110 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Elba, NE
similarity distance: 1.115 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Dannebrog, NE
similarity distance: 1.115 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Arlington vs its climate twin

Top match: Doniphan, NE

Month Arlington Doniphan
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 32.4°F 12.8°F 0.76 in 35.5°F 15.2°F 0.62 in
February 37.1°F 16.7°F 0.92 in 39.9°F 18.5°F 0.83 in
March 50.1°F 27.2°F 1.57 in 52.2°F 28.0°F 1.39 in
April 62.8°F 38.1°F 3.02 in 62.5°F 37.7°F 3.00 in
May 73.4°F 50.2°F 4.55 in 72.6°F 49.5°F 4.56 in
June 83.3°F 61.0°F 4.95 in 83.1°F 60.3°F 3.86 in
July 86.7°F 65.1°F 3.21 in 86.8°F 64.6°F 3.79 in
August 84.5°F 62.5°F 3.68 in 84.5°F 62.3°F 3.39 in
September 78.1°F 53.1°F 3.09 in 78.3°F 53.2°F 2.23 in
October 65.0°F 40.4°F 2.23 in 64.9°F 40.1°F 2.01 in
November 49.5°F 27.5°F 1.22 in 50.2°F 27.5°F 1.25 in
December 36.3°F 17.7°F 1.19 in 38.2°F 18.3°F 0.90 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 →