Climate twins of Bonner Springs, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bonner Springs'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: Bonner Springs vs its climate twin
Top match: Salisbury, MO
| Month | Bonner Springs | Salisbury | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.3°F | 17.7°F | 1.18 in | 37.1°F | 18.3°F | 1.52 in |
| February | 43.2°F | 21.7°F | 1.62 in | 42.5°F | 22.3°F | 1.84 in |
| March | 54.9°F | 31.4°F | 2.49 in | 53.9°F | 32.1°F | 2.79 in |
| April | 64.5°F | 41.6°F | 4.03 in | 65.1°F | 42.6°F | 4.04 in |
| May | 73.4°F | 52.7°F | 5.17 in | 75.0°F | 53.7°F | 5.15 in |
| June | 82.9°F | 63.5°F | 5.51 in | 83.9°F | 63.6°F | 5.54 in |
| July | 87.2°F | 67.4°F | 4.51 in | 87.8°F | 67.1°F | 4.21 in |
| August | 86.1°F | 65.2°F | 4.50 in | 86.7°F | 64.8°F | 3.64 in |
| September | 77.8°F | 56.8°F | 4.31 in | 80.0°F | 55.9°F | 3.73 in |
| October | 66.6°F | 43.7°F | 3.42 in | 68.0°F | 44.0°F | 3.49 in |
| November | 53.5°F | 31.7°F | 2.17 in | 53.9°F | 32.9°F | 2.43 in |
| December | 41.8°F | 22.0°F | 1.62 in | 41.9°F | 23.7°F | 1.64 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 →