Climate twins of Cowles, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Cowles'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: Cowles vs its climate twin
Top match: Culbertson, NE
| Month | Cowles | Culbertson | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.3°F | 12.5°F | 0.52 in | 41.3°F | 14.0°F | 0.36 in |
| February | 41.8°F | 15.6°F | 0.65 in | 44.8°F | 16.5°F | 0.57 in |
| March | 53.6°F | 25.1°F | 1.25 in | 56.3°F | 25.0°F | 1.20 in |
| April | 64.2°F | 35.4°F | 2.22 in | 65.0°F | 34.1°F | 2.35 in |
| May | 74.1°F | 47.4°F | 4.19 in | 74.5°F | 45.7°F | 3.04 in |
| June | 85.6°F | 58.8°F | 3.61 in | 86.1°F | 56.8°F | 3.38 in |
| July | 90.5°F | 64.0°F | 3.88 in | 91.6°F | 62.5°F | 3.52 in |
| August | 87.9°F | 61.4°F | 3.38 in | 89.4°F | 60.4°F | 3.43 in |
| September | 80.2°F | 51.1°F | 1.96 in | 81.8°F | 50.2°F | 1.62 in |
| October | 66.8°F | 37.3°F | 1.98 in | 67.8°F | 36.0°F | 1.82 in |
| November | 52.2°F | 24.5°F | 1.11 in | 53.6°F | 23.5°F | 0.73 in |
| December | 40.0°F | 15.4°F | 0.71 in | 42.4°F | 15.3°F | 0.50 in |
Cities that consider Cowles their climate twin
These US cities have Cowles in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Cowles would feel familiar.
- Culbertson, NE (ranks Cowles #2)
- Atwood, KS (ranks Cowles #2)
- Herndon, KS (ranks Cowles #2)
- Oberlin, KS (ranks Cowles #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 →