Climate twins of Bison, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bison'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: Bison vs its climate twin
Top match: Kenesaw, NE
| Month | Bison | Kenesaw | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.2°F | 15.6°F | 0.71 in | 36.4°F | 16.4°F | 0.55 in |
| February | 46.9°F | 17.9°F | 0.84 in | 40.7°F | 19.4°F | 0.75 in |
| March | 57.5°F | 27.6°F | 1.48 in | 52.8°F | 29.0°F | 1.33 in |
| April | 66.5°F | 36.8°F | 2.26 in | 63.1°F | 38.9°F | 2.70 in |
| May | 76.3°F | 48.5°F | 3.78 in | 72.8°F | 50.7°F | 4.35 in |
| June | 87.5°F | 59.7°F | 4.08 in | 83.8°F | 61.6°F | 3.67 in |
| July | 92.3°F | 64.2°F | 4.18 in | 88.0°F | 66.0°F | 3.62 in |
| August | 90.4°F | 62.1°F | 3.50 in | 85.3°F | 63.7°F | 3.42 in |
| September | 82.8°F | 53.5°F | 1.99 in | 78.6°F | 54.3°F | 2.06 in |
| October | 70.0°F | 39.2°F | 1.78 in | 65.3°F | 41.1°F | 1.96 in |
| November | 56.0°F | 26.5°F | 0.93 in | 51.0°F | 28.4°F | 1.13 in |
| December | 44.2°F | 18.0°F | 0.99 in | 39.1°F | 19.4°F | 0.86 in |
Cities that consider Bison their climate twin
These US cities have Bison in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Bison would feel familiar.
- Hastings, NE (ranks Bison #3)
- Juniata, NE (ranks Bison #3)
- Kenesaw, NE (ranks Bison #3)
- Prosser, NE (ranks Bison #3)
- Chapman, NE (ranks Bison #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 →