Climate twins of Benedict, NE
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: Riverton, IA
| Month | Benedict | Riverton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 34.9°F | 12.6°F | 0.71 in | 32.5°F | 13.1°F | 0.77 in |
| February | 39.7°F | 16.3°F | 0.91 in | 37.8°F | 17.3°F | 1.03 in |
| March | 51.8°F | 26.3°F | 1.63 in | 50.8°F | 27.7°F | 1.85 in |
| April | 63.5°F | 36.4°F | 2.97 in | 62.5°F | 38.5°F | 3.15 in |
| May | 73.3°F | 48.5°F | 4.92 in | 72.5°F | 50.5°F | 5.26 in |
| June | 83.7°F | 59.7°F | 4.23 in | 82.2°F | 60.9°F | 4.81 in |
| July | 87.1°F | 63.8°F | 3.84 in | 85.8°F | 64.9°F | 4.49 in |
| August | 85.0°F | 61.9°F | 3.70 in | 83.9°F | 62.5°F | 3.28 in |
| September | 79.2°F | 53.1°F | 2.28 in | 77.8°F | 53.6°F | 3.10 in |
| October | 66.5°F | 38.6°F | 2.45 in | 65.4°F | 41.7°F | 2.72 in |
| November | 51.6°F | 26.0°F | 1.40 in | 49.7°F | 28.7°F | 1.59 in |
| December | 38.7°F | 16.3°F | 1.15 in | 37.1°F | 18.7°F | 1.21 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.
- Riverton, IA (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 →