Climate twins of Burwell, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Burwell'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: Burwell vs its climate twin
Top match: Wisner, NE
| Month | Burwell | Wisner | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 34.2°F | 12.2°F | 0.51 in | 31.3°F | 11.0°F | 0.61 in |
| February | 38.1°F | 15.5°F | 0.68 in | 36.0°F | 14.4°F | 0.76 in |
| March | 50.0°F | 24.7°F | 1.38 in | 47.9°F | 24.6°F | 1.31 in |
| April | 60.0°F | 34.8°F | 3.05 in | 60.6°F | 35.4°F | 2.54 in |
| May | 70.0°F | 46.9°F | 4.04 in | 71.2°F | 47.3°F | 3.54 in |
| June | 80.4°F | 58.0°F | 3.74 in | 81.0°F | 58.6°F | 4.11 in |
| July | 86.2°F | 63.0°F | 3.31 in | 85.1°F | 62.3°F | 3.08 in |
| August | 83.8°F | 60.3°F | 3.29 in | 82.4°F | 60.0°F | 3.67 in |
| September | 76.5°F | 50.6°F | 2.14 in | 76.4°F | 50.7°F | 2.55 in |
| October | 62.5°F | 36.6°F | 2.13 in | 63.5°F | 38.1°F | 2.13 in |
| November | 48.1°F | 23.9°F | 0.87 in | 48.2°F | 25.3°F | 1.16 in |
| December | 36.0°F | 15.1°F | 0.71 in | 35.2°F | 15.4°F | 0.78 in |
Cities that consider Burwell their climate twin
These US cities have Burwell in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Burwell would feel familiar.
- Pilger, NE (ranks Burwell #1)
- Wisner, NE (ranks Burwell #1)
- Obert, NE (ranks Burwell #3)
- Vermillion, SD (ranks Burwell #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 →