Climate twins of Elyria, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Elyria'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: Elyria vs its climate twin
Top match: Wisner, NE
| Month | Elyria | Wisner | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.0°F | 12.2°F | 0.37 in | 31.3°F | 11.0°F | 0.61 in |
| February | 39.8°F | 15.2°F | 0.50 in | 36.0°F | 14.4°F | 0.76 in |
| March | 51.2°F | 24.8°F | 1.25 in | 47.9°F | 24.6°F | 1.31 in |
| April | 61.4°F | 34.4°F | 2.88 in | 60.6°F | 35.4°F | 2.54 in |
| May | 71.4°F | 46.1°F | 3.70 in | 71.2°F | 47.3°F | 3.54 in |
| June | 81.6°F | 57.2°F | 3.65 in | 81.0°F | 58.6°F | 4.11 in |
| July | 87.1°F | 62.1°F | 2.65 in | 85.1°F | 62.3°F | 3.08 in |
| August | 85.1°F | 60.0°F | 3.26 in | 82.4°F | 60.0°F | 3.67 in |
| September | 77.4°F | 49.3°F | 2.22 in | 76.4°F | 50.7°F | 2.55 in |
| October | 63.6°F | 35.5°F | 1.91 in | 63.5°F | 38.1°F | 2.13 in |
| November | 49.5°F | 22.6°F | 0.87 in | 48.2°F | 25.3°F | 1.16 in |
| December | 38.2°F | 14.2°F | 0.56 in | 35.2°F | 15.4°F | 0.78 in |
Cities that consider Elyria their climate twin
These US cities have Elyria in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Elyria would feel familiar.
- Wisner, NE (ranks Elyria #2)
- Mitchell, SD (ranks Elyria #3)
- Letcher, SD (ranks Elyria #3)
- Mount Vernon, SD (ranks Elyria #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 →