Climate twins of Atchison, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Atchison'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: Atchison vs its climate twin
Top match: Douglass, KS
| Month | Atchison | Douglass | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.2°F | 18.4°F | 0.93 in | 42.1°F | 19.1°F | 0.89 in |
| February | 41.6°F | 22.8°F | 1.20 in | 47.0°F | 22.4°F | 1.46 in |
| March | 54.0°F | 32.4°F | 1.92 in | 57.1°F | 31.5°F | 2.48 in |
| April | 65.0°F | 42.9°F | 3.42 in | 66.7°F | 41.6°F | 3.40 in |
| May | 74.4°F | 55.4°F | 5.32 in | 74.5°F | 52.9°F | 6.24 in |
| June | 83.7°F | 65.2°F | 4.87 in | 83.7°F | 62.9°F | 6.02 in |
| July | 87.6°F | 69.3°F | 5.17 in | 89.1°F | 67.2°F | 4.54 in |
| August | 86.4°F | 66.5°F | 3.75 in | 88.5°F | 65.2°F | 3.93 in |
| September | 78.9°F | 58.1°F | 3.48 in | 80.6°F | 56.8°F | 3.53 in |
| October | 66.6°F | 46.2°F | 3.10 in | 68.8°F | 43.8°F | 3.27 in |
| November | 51.9°F | 33.3°F | 1.81 in | 55.4°F | 31.6°F | 1.83 in |
| December | 40.1°F | 23.4°F | 1.41 in | 44.0°F | 22.3°F | 1.59 in |
Cities that consider Atchison their climate twin
These US cities have Atchison in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Atchison would feel familiar.
- Galva, KS (ranks Atchison #3)
- Morganville, KS (ranks Atchison #3)
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 →