Climate twins of Ellsworth, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ellsworth'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: Ellsworth vs its climate twin
Top match: Crescent, IA
| Month | Ellsworth | Crescent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.2°F | 17.5°F | 0.83 in | 33.6°F | 15.2°F | 0.75 in |
| February | 46.6°F | 20.3°F | 1.16 in | 38.6°F | 19.3°F | 0.95 in |
| March | 57.4°F | 29.6°F | 1.94 in | 52.1°F | 30.0°F | 1.79 in |
| April | 67.5°F | 39.1°F | 2.51 in | 64.1°F | 41.1°F | 3.17 in |
| May | 76.8°F | 51.6°F | 4.94 in | 74.6°F | 52.7°F | 4.66 in |
| June | 87.6°F | 62.5°F | 3.86 in | 84.4°F | 63.4°F | 4.44 in |
| July | 92.7°F | 67.4°F | 3.88 in | 88.1°F | 68.0°F | 3.55 in |
| August | 90.4°F | 64.9°F | 4.43 in | 85.8°F | 65.6°F | 4.60 in |
| September | 82.3°F | 55.9°F | 2.70 in | 79.1°F | 56.1°F | 2.96 in |
| October | 70.1°F | 41.9°F | 2.13 in | 65.5°F | 43.2°F | 2.32 in |
| November | 56.1°F | 29.4°F | 1.30 in | 50.3°F | 30.2°F | 1.45 in |
| December | 44.0°F | 20.1°F | 1.16 in | 37.7°F | 19.8°F | 1.22 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 →