Climate twins of Centralia, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Centralia'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: Centralia vs its climate twin
Top match: Ridgeway, MO
| Month | Centralia | Ridgeway | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.8°F | 17.1°F | 0.84 in | 34.0°F | 15.6°F | 1.00 in |
| February | 43.1°F | 20.7°F | 1.14 in | 39.0°F | 19.4°F | 1.58 in |
| March | 54.6°F | 30.4°F | 2.13 in | 51.6°F | 29.6°F | 2.07 in |
| April | 65.6°F | 41.2°F | 3.34 in | 62.7°F | 40.6°F | 4.01 in |
| May | 75.0°F | 53.4°F | 5.08 in | 72.7°F | 51.2°F | 5.53 in |
| June | 84.2°F | 63.4°F | 4.62 in | 82.2°F | 61.7°F | 5.19 in |
| July | 89.1°F | 67.2°F | 5.50 in | 86.6°F | 66.1°F | 4.96 in |
| August | 87.2°F | 64.6°F | 4.30 in | 85.3°F | 63.7°F | 4.20 in |
| September | 79.9°F | 56.1°F | 3.77 in | 77.7°F | 55.0°F | 3.90 in |
| October | 68.0°F | 43.8°F | 2.44 in | 65.3°F | 43.1°F | 3.05 in |
| November | 53.2°F | 31.1°F | 1.52 in | 50.7°F | 30.8°F | 1.98 in |
| December | 40.9°F | 21.9°F | 1.23 in | 38.4°F | 21.0°F | 1.66 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 →