Climate twins of Bloomington, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bloomington'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: Bloomington vs its climate twin
Top match: Garland, NE
| Month | Bloomington | Garland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.3°F | 13.9°F | 0.56 in | 32.9°F | 12.0°F | 0.65 in |
| February | 42.5°F | 16.8°F | 0.79 in | 37.6°F | 16.1°F | 0.67 in |
| March | 54.0°F | 26.3°F | 1.44 in | 50.0°F | 26.6°F | 1.49 in |
| April | 63.7°F | 36.1°F | 2.54 in | 61.5°F | 37.6°F | 2.46 in |
| May | 73.3°F | 47.9°F | 4.39 in | 71.9°F | 50.2°F | 4.87 in |
| June | 84.2°F | 58.9°F | 3.88 in | 81.9°F | 60.9°F | 4.70 in |
| July | 89.2°F | 64.1°F | 3.94 in | 85.7°F | 65.2°F | 3.56 in |
| August | 86.8°F | 61.6°F | 3.16 in | 83.8°F | 62.4°F | 3.46 in |
| September | 79.8°F | 51.7°F | 1.81 in | 77.5°F | 53.0°F | 2.46 in |
| October | 66.7°F | 38.0°F | 2.11 in | 64.8°F | 39.3°F | 2.20 in |
| November | 52.6°F | 25.3°F | 1.05 in | 49.6°F | 26.4°F | 1.23 in |
| December | 40.6°F | 16.5°F | 0.87 in | 36.2°F | 16.2°F | 0.92 in |
Cities that consider Bloomington their climate twin
These US cities have Bloomington in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Bloomington would feel familiar.
- Beatrice, NE (ranks Bloomington #3)
- De Witt, NE (ranks Bloomington #2)
- Harbine, NE (ranks Bloomington #1)
- Pickrell, NE (ranks Bloomington #3)
- Plymouth, NE (ranks Bloomington #1)
- Lincoln, NE (ranks Bloomington #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 →