Climate twins of Carbondale, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Carbondale'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: Carbondale vs its climate twin
Top match: Kingman, KS
| Month | Carbondale | Kingman | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 40.5°F | 19.2°F | 0.80 in | 43.8°F | 19.2°F | 0.89 in |
| February | 45.9°F | 23.3°F | 1.23 in | 48.2°F | 23.1°F | 1.33 in |
| March | 57.4°F | 33.3°F | 2.28 in | 58.2°F | 32.1°F | 2.47 in |
| April | 67.2°F | 43.1°F | 3.94 in | 67.6°F | 41.9°F | 3.10 in |
| May | 76.3°F | 53.8°F | 5.18 in | 76.9°F | 53.0°F | 4.88 in |
| June | 85.8°F | 64.2°F | 4.74 in | 87.4°F | 63.1°F | 4.40 in |
| July | 90.5°F | 68.6°F | 4.56 in | 92.8°F | 68.2°F | 4.06 in |
| August | 89.5°F | 66.2°F | 4.45 in | 90.7°F | 66.0°F | 3.67 in |
| September | 80.9°F | 56.9°F | 3.46 in | 82.8°F | 57.2°F | 2.82 in |
| October | 68.7°F | 44.7°F | 2.83 in | 70.3°F | 43.4°F | 2.93 in |
| November | 55.1°F | 32.6°F | 1.81 in | 56.9°F | 31.7°F | 1.38 in |
| December | 43.7°F | 23.3°F | 1.39 in | 45.2°F | 21.6°F | 1.29 in |
Cities that consider Carbondale their climate twin
These US cities have Carbondale in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Carbondale would feel familiar.
- Kingman, KS (ranks Carbondale #2)
- Hutchinson, KS (ranks Carbondale #2)
- South Hutchinson, KS (ranks Carbondale #2)
- The Highlands, KS (ranks Carbondale #2)
- Willowbrook, KS (ranks Carbondale #2)
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 →