Climate twins of Benedict, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Benedict'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: Benedict vs its climate twin
Top match: Warsaw, MO
| Month | Benedict | Warsaw | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.8°F | 21.8°F | 1.19 in | 42.5°F | 21.9°F | 1.75 in |
| February | 48.5°F | 25.5°F | 1.48 in | 46.8°F | 25.1°F | 2.14 in |
| March | 58.0°F | 34.6°F | 2.76 in | 57.0°F | 33.9°F | 3.04 in |
| April | 67.8°F | 44.3°F | 4.31 in | 67.7°F | 43.7°F | 4.60 in |
| May | 76.1°F | 55.9°F | 5.80 in | 76.1°F | 55.1°F | 5.52 in |
| June | 85.0°F | 65.3°F | 6.11 in | 84.9°F | 64.9°F | 5.24 in |
| July | 90.3°F | 69.4°F | 4.08 in | 89.7°F | 69.4°F | 4.70 in |
| August | 89.6°F | 67.2°F | 4.15 in | 88.8°F | 67.3°F | 3.96 in |
| September | 81.7°F | 58.6°F | 4.20 in | 81.6°F | 58.5°F | 4.11 in |
| October | 70.1°F | 45.9°F | 3.58 in | 69.9°F | 46.3°F | 3.45 in |
| November | 57.5°F | 34.7°F | 2.31 in | 57.3°F | 35.6°F | 3.06 in |
| December | 45.6°F | 25.9°F | 1.80 in | 46.4°F | 26.7°F | 1.97 in |
Cities that consider Benedict their climate twin
These US cities have Benedict in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Benedict would feel familiar.
- Tightwad, MO (ranks Benedict #3)
- Gerster, MO (ranks Benedict #3)
- Lowry City, MO (ranks Benedict #3)
- Osceola, MO (ranks Benedict #3)
- Vista, MO (ranks Benedict #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 →