Climate twins of Dearing, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Dearing'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: Dearing vs its climate twin
Top match: Preston, MO
| Month | Dearing | Preston | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 44.8°F | 23.4°F | 1.80 in | 42.3°F | 23.0°F | 1.84 in |
| February | 50.7°F | 27.1°F | 1.97 in | 47.8°F | 25.5°F | 2.11 in |
| March | 59.4°F | 36.0°F | 3.32 in | 57.4°F | 35.0°F | 3.15 in |
| April | 68.9°F | 45.3°F | 4.63 in | 67.2°F | 44.9°F | 4.89 in |
| May | 76.9°F | 56.3°F | 7.30 in | 75.4°F | 55.5°F | 5.64 in |
| June | 85.8°F | 65.5°F | 5.63 in | 84.0°F | 64.8°F | 4.92 in |
| July | 90.6°F | 70.1°F | 4.06 in | 88.7°F | 69.1°F | 4.54 in |
| August | 90.7°F | 68.3°F | 4.01 in | 88.0°F | 67.1°F | 3.99 in |
| September | 82.5°F | 59.9°F | 4.28 in | 80.2°F | 58.8°F | 4.16 in |
| October | 71.4°F | 47.8°F | 4.02 in | 70.0°F | 47.1°F | 3.62 in |
| November | 58.4°F | 36.3°F | 2.64 in | 56.5°F | 36.2°F | 3.26 in |
| December | 48.0°F | 27.2°F | 2.45 in | 45.9°F | 27.5°F | 2.28 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 →