Climate twins of Cottonwood Falls, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cottonwood Falls'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: Cottonwood Falls vs its climate twin
Top match: Grand Pass, MO
| Month | Cottonwood Falls | Grand Pass | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 41.2°F | 17.9°F | 0.87 in | 37.3°F | 20.3°F | 1.39 in |
| February | 46.1°F | 21.5°F | 1.42 in | 42.6°F | 23.4°F | 1.77 in |
| March | 57.0°F | 30.7°F | 2.67 in | 54.2°F | 33.6°F | 2.79 in |
| April | 66.8°F | 41.3°F | 3.54 in | 65.0°F | 43.7°F | 3.80 in |
| May | 75.4°F | 53.0°F | 5.61 in | 74.5°F | 54.6°F | 5.29 in |
| June | 84.9°F | 62.6°F | 4.72 in | 83.8°F | 64.2°F | 5.05 in |
| July | 90.0°F | 67.3°F | 5.00 in | 87.3°F | 68.0°F | 4.76 in |
| August | 89.0°F | 65.1°F | 4.37 in | 85.9°F | 66.1°F | 4.24 in |
| September | 81.3°F | 56.0°F | 3.53 in | 79.2°F | 58.2°F | 4.20 in |
| October | 69.4°F | 42.9°F | 2.83 in | 67.5°F | 46.1°F | 3.10 in |
| November | 55.8°F | 30.9°F | 2.04 in | 53.5°F | 34.7°F | 2.47 in |
| December | 43.9°F | 21.6°F | 1.39 in | 41.6°F | 25.4°F | 1.70 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 →