Climate twins of Crofton, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Crofton'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: Crofton vs its climate twin
Top match: Sutherland, IA
| Month | Crofton | Sutherland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.4°F | 10.0°F | 0.63 in | 26.7°F | 9.4°F | 0.82 in |
| February | 35.0°F | 13.8°F | 0.91 in | 31.8°F | 13.8°F | 0.89 in |
| March | 47.3°F | 24.2°F | 1.58 in | 45.5°F | 25.6°F | 1.70 in |
| April | 59.2°F | 35.7°F | 3.56 in | 60.5°F | 36.9°F | 3.30 in |
| May | 70.5°F | 47.8°F | 3.96 in | 71.9°F | 49.3°F | 4.11 in |
| June | 80.7°F | 58.9°F | 4.26 in | 81.5°F | 59.9°F | 4.98 in |
| July | 85.2°F | 63.6°F | 3.30 in | 84.6°F | 63.9°F | 3.88 in |
| August | 82.8°F | 61.3°F | 3.13 in | 82.0°F | 61.8°F | 3.58 in |
| September | 76.0°F | 52.5°F | 3.19 in | 76.2°F | 53.2°F | 3.30 in |
| October | 61.7°F | 38.2°F | 2.64 in | 62.4°F | 40.3°F | 2.28 in |
| November | 46.4°F | 25.1°F | 1.26 in | 45.3°F | 26.7°F | 1.49 in |
| December | 33.7°F | 14.3°F | 0.91 in | 31.4°F | 15.3°F | 1.02 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 →