Climate twins of Dodge City, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Dodge City'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: Dodge City vs its climate twin
Top match: Skellytown, TX
| Month | Dodge City | Skellytown | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 45.6°F | 20.3°F | 0.60 in | 50.2°F | 23.2°F | 0.79 in |
| February | 49.4°F | 23.0°F | 0.62 in | 53.6°F | 25.7°F | 0.63 in |
| March | 59.6°F | 31.3°F | 1.35 in | 62.7°F | 33.4°F | 1.46 in |
| April | 68.5°F | 40.1°F | 1.99 in | 70.9°F | 41.9°F | 2.21 in |
| May | 78.3°F | 51.2°F | 2.99 in | 79.5°F | 52.3°F | 2.84 in |
| June | 88.6°F | 61.6°F | 3.29 in | 88.4°F | 62.5°F | 3.19 in |
| July | 93.7°F | 66.4°F | 3.08 in | 92.8°F | 66.9°F | 2.50 in |
| August | 91.4°F | 64.7°F | 2.99 in | 91.3°F | 65.6°F | 3.09 in |
| September | 83.8°F | 56.2°F | 1.31 in | 83.7°F | 58.0°F | 1.93 in |
| October | 70.8°F | 42.9°F | 2.02 in | 72.5°F | 44.9°F | 2.22 in |
| November | 57.1°F | 30.2°F | 0.80 in | 60.4°F | 32.8°F | 0.98 in |
| December | 45.9°F | 22.0°F | 0.96 in | 50.4°F | 24.7°F | 0.95 in |
Cities that consider Dodge City their climate twin
These US cities have Dodge City in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Dodge City would feel familiar.
- Pampa, TX (ranks Dodge City #1)
- Skellytown, TX (ranks Dodge City #1)
- White Deer, TX (ranks Dodge City #3)
- Panhandle, TX (ranks Dodge City #3)
- Claude, TX (ranks Dodge City #3)
- Miami, TX (ranks Dodge City #1)
- Sanford, TX (ranks Dodge City #3)
- Fritch, TX (ranks Dodge City #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 →