Climate twins of Dix, NE

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Dix'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.

Rank 1 closest
Roundup, MT
similarity distance: 0.735 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Great Falls, MT
similarity distance: 0.881 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Colstrip, MT
similarity distance: 0.901 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Dix vs its climate twin

Top match: Roundup, MT

Month Dix Roundup
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 40.3°F 13.0°F 0.28 in 37.2°F 13.1°F 0.37 in
February 42.2°F 14.1°F 0.40 in 40.7°F 14.9°F 0.42 in
March 51.5°F 22.0°F 0.87 in 50.6°F 22.1°F 0.71 in
April 58.0°F 29.0°F 1.70 in 59.9°F 30.0°F 1.71 in
May 67.3°F 39.5°F 2.82 in 69.1°F 39.3°F 2.55 in
June 79.5°F 49.3°F 2.35 in 78.3°F 47.8°F 2.89 in
July 86.2°F 55.4°F 2.07 in 88.9°F 53.5°F 1.70 in
August 84.2°F 52.7°F 1.77 in 87.9°F 51.1°F 1.21 in
September 76.5°F 43.2°F 1.42 in 76.9°F 42.4°F 1.20 in
October 62.2°F 30.5°F 1.20 in 60.9°F 31.7°F 1.22 in
November 49.5°F 20.3°F 0.50 in 46.6°F 21.8°F 0.49 in
December 40.6°F 12.8°F 0.45 in 37.2°F 14.2°F 0.41 in

Cities that consider Dix their climate twin

These US cities have Dix in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Dix would feel familiar.

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 →