Climate twins of Atkinson, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Atkinson'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: Atkinson vs its climate twin
Top match: Centerville, SD
| Month | Atkinson | Centerville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.0°F | 10.2°F | 0.40 in | 26.9°F | 6.8°F | 0.44 in |
| February | 35.3°F | 13.1°F | 0.70 in | 31.9°F | 11.0°F | 0.63 in |
| March | 46.9°F | 22.8°F | 1.26 in | 44.9°F | 22.9°F | 1.38 in |
| April | 57.7°F | 33.9°F | 2.65 in | 58.5°F | 34.0°F | 2.69 in |
| May | 68.9°F | 46.1°F | 4.31 in | 70.2°F | 46.8°F | 3.87 in |
| June | 79.5°F | 56.6°F | 3.66 in | 80.4°F | 58.1°F | 4.29 in |
| July | 86.0°F | 61.7°F | 2.57 in | 84.4°F | 61.7°F | 3.05 in |
| August | 83.5°F | 59.3°F | 3.09 in | 81.9°F | 59.1°F | 3.20 in |
| September | 75.8°F | 50.2°F | 2.64 in | 75.4°F | 49.6°F | 3.12 in |
| October | 61.3°F | 36.0°F | 2.37 in | 61.5°F | 36.1°F | 2.32 in |
| November | 46.9°F | 23.7°F | 0.71 in | 45.1°F | 22.7°F | 1.23 in |
| December | 34.2°F | 13.9°F | 0.56 in | 31.3°F | 12.0°F | 0.66 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 →