Climate twins of Clay Center, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Clay Center'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: Clay Center vs its climate twin
Top match: Talmage, NE
| Month | Clay Center | Talmage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 35.4°F | 16.1°F | 0.58 in | 34.4°F | 12.6°F | 0.78 in |
| February | 40.0°F | 19.3°F | 0.82 in | 39.7°F | 16.6°F | 0.98 in |
| March | 51.9°F | 28.6°F | 1.32 in | 52.4°F | 27.0°F | 1.82 in |
| April | 62.7°F | 38.5°F | 2.57 in | 63.9°F | 37.5°F | 2.76 in |
| May | 72.8°F | 50.4°F | 5.34 in | 74.2°F | 49.8°F | 5.63 in |
| June | 83.7°F | 61.4°F | 4.20 in | 84.2°F | 60.6°F | 4.55 in |
| July | 87.2°F | 65.7°F | 4.15 in | 88.2°F | 64.6°F | 4.24 in |
| August | 85.1°F | 63.3°F | 3.85 in | 86.5°F | 62.4°F | 3.48 in |
| September | 78.4°F | 53.9°F | 2.25 in | 79.8°F | 52.6°F | 2.87 in |
| October | 65.5°F | 41.0°F | 2.36 in | 66.9°F | 39.9°F | 2.54 in |
| November | 51.0°F | 28.6°F | 1.37 in | 51.3°F | 27.2°F | 1.45 in |
| December | 38.7°F | 19.8°F | 0.97 in | 38.8°F | 17.5°F | 1.11 in |
Cities that consider Clay Center their climate twin
These US cities have Clay Center in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Clay Center would feel familiar.
- Lorton, NE (ranks Clay Center #3)
- Talmage, NE (ranks Clay Center #3)
- Johnson, NE (ranks Clay Center #3)
- Auburn, NE (ranks Clay Center #3)
- Nemaha, NE (ranks Clay Center #3)
- Peru, NE (ranks Clay Center #3)
- Julian, NE (ranks Clay Center #3)
- Brock, NE (ranks Clay Center #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 →