Climate twins of Central City, NE

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Central City'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.

Rank 1 closest
Johnson, NE
similarity distance: 1.072 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Gothenburg, NE
similarity distance: 1.104 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Armour, SD
similarity distance: 1.182 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Central City vs its climate twin

Top match: Johnson, NE

Month Central City Johnson
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 34.8°F 13.6°F 0.77 in 35.2°F 12.7°F 0.81 in
February 39.5°F 17.1°F 0.81 in 40.3°F 16.8°F 1.14 in
March 52.0°F 26.9°F 1.47 in 52.6°F 27.9°F 2.05 in
April 63.0°F 37.1°F 2.75 in 63.8°F 38.3°F 2.92 in
May 72.5°F 49.0°F 4.73 in 73.6°F 50.3°F 5.29 in
June 82.0°F 59.1°F 3.97 in 83.4°F 60.8°F 4.25 in
July 85.5°F 63.4°F 3.36 in 87.9°F 65.0°F 4.00 in
August 83.3°F 61.5°F 3.51 in 86.2°F 62.5°F 3.65 in
September 77.6°F 52.8°F 2.43 in 79.3°F 52.5°F 2.74 in
October 65.1°F 39.7°F 2.34 in 66.9°F 39.3°F 2.58 in
November 49.9°F 26.5°F 1.34 in 51.8°F 27.4°F 1.57 in
December 37.5°F 17.4°F 1.01 in 39.6°F 17.4°F 1.27 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 →