Climate twins of Dorrance, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Dorrance'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: Dorrance vs its climate twin
Top match: Chapman, NE
| Month | Dorrance | Chapman | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 41.5°F | 17.5°F | 0.68 in | 36.1°F | 15.6°F | 0.61 in |
| February | 45.7°F | 20.2°F | 0.91 in | 40.4°F | 19.1°F | 0.74 in |
| March | 56.6°F | 29.1°F | 1.45 in | 52.6°F | 28.8°F | 1.39 in |
| April | 66.7°F | 39.0°F | 2.25 in | 63.3°F | 38.6°F | 2.52 in |
| May | 76.3°F | 49.7°F | 4.20 in | 73.4°F | 50.5°F | 4.70 in |
| June | 88.1°F | 62.1°F | 4.00 in | 84.4°F | 61.1°F | 4.01 in |
| July | 92.4°F | 66.8°F | 4.03 in | 88.1°F | 65.8°F | 3.51 in |
| August | 89.7°F | 64.2°F | 3.84 in | 85.8°F | 63.5°F | 3.20 in |
| September | 82.2°F | 55.7°F | 2.39 in | 79.3°F | 53.9°F | 2.00 in |
| October | 69.1°F | 42.0°F | 2.05 in | 65.6°F | 40.6°F | 1.99 in |
| November | 55.3°F | 29.4°F | 1.30 in | 51.1°F | 28.1°F | 1.10 in |
| December | 43.5°F | 20.4°F | 0.95 in | 38.9°F | 18.9°F | 0.84 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 →