Climate twins of Council Bluffs, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Council Bluffs'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: Council Bluffs vs its climate twin
Top match: Latimer, KS
| Month | Council Bluffs | Latimer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 33.6°F | 15.2°F | 0.75 in | 39.9°F | 16.8°F | 0.82 in |
| February | 38.6°F | 19.3°F | 0.95 in | 44.8°F | 20.5°F | 1.22 in |
| March | 52.1°F | 30.0°F | 1.79 in | 55.8°F | 30.7°F | 2.27 in |
| April | 64.1°F | 41.1°F | 3.17 in | 65.6°F | 40.7°F | 3.45 in |
| May | 74.6°F | 52.7°F | 4.66 in | 74.7°F | 52.3°F | 5.11 in |
| June | 84.4°F | 63.4°F | 4.44 in | 84.9°F | 62.5°F | 4.61 in |
| July | 88.1°F | 68.0°F | 3.55 in | 90.0°F | 67.3°F | 4.18 in |
| August | 85.8°F | 65.6°F | 4.60 in | 88.5°F | 65.1°F | 4.28 in |
| September | 79.1°F | 56.1°F | 2.96 in | 80.5°F | 55.8°F | 3.00 in |
| October | 65.5°F | 43.2°F | 2.32 in | 68.6°F | 42.4°F | 2.42 in |
| November | 50.3°F | 30.2°F | 1.45 in | 54.5°F | 30.3°F | 1.58 in |
| December | 37.7°F | 19.8°F | 1.22 in | 42.6°F | 20.6°F | 1.33 in |
Cities that consider Council Bluffs their climate twin
These US cities have Council Bluffs in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Council Bluffs would feel familiar.
- Herington, KS (ranks Council Bluffs #2)
- Woodbine, KS (ranks Council Bluffs #2)
- Latimer, KS (ranks Council Bluffs #2)
- Ramona, KS (ranks Council Bluffs #2)
- Hope, KS (ranks Council Bluffs #2)
- Ogden, KS (ranks Council Bluffs #2)
- Grandview Plaza, KS (ranks Council Bluffs #2)
- Junction City, KS (ranks Council Bluffs #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 →