Climate twins of Athol, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Athol'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: Athol vs its climate twin
Top match: Haviland, KS
| Month | Athol | Haviland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.9°F | 15.7°F | 0.59 in | 43.2°F | 19.3°F | 0.71 in |
| February | 43.7°F | 18.8°F | 0.70 in | 47.4°F | 22.0°F | 0.81 in |
| March | 55.4°F | 27.9°F | 1.45 in | 57.5°F | 30.4°F | 1.92 in |
| April | 65.7°F | 37.9°F | 2.12 in | 66.9°F | 39.3°F | 2.41 in |
| May | 75.7°F | 50.2°F | 4.00 in | 76.3°F | 50.9°F | 3.39 in |
| June | 87.1°F | 61.0°F | 3.64 in | 86.1°F | 61.1°F | 3.87 in |
| July | 92.1°F | 66.1°F | 4.39 in | 91.8°F | 66.3°F | 3.16 in |
| August | 89.1°F | 63.4°F | 3.42 in | 89.7°F | 64.4°F | 3.46 in |
| September | 81.7°F | 54.4°F | 1.98 in | 82.0°F | 55.7°F | 2.04 in |
| October | 68.1°F | 40.7°F | 1.86 in | 69.6°F | 42.4°F | 2.28 in |
| November | 53.4°F | 27.7°F | 1.16 in | 55.9°F | 30.0°F | 0.96 in |
| December | 40.9°F | 18.6°F | 0.79 in | 44.8°F | 21.6°F | 0.96 in |
Cities that consider Athol their climate twin
These US cities have Athol in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Athol would feel familiar.
- Greensburg, KS (ranks Athol #3)
- Haviland, KS (ranks Athol #3)
- Cullison, KS (ranks Athol #3)
- Iuka, KS (ranks Athol #3)
- Pratt, KS (ranks Athol #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 →