Climate twins of Everest, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Everest'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: Everest vs its climate twin
Top match: Galt, MO
| Month | Everest | Galt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.9°F | 15.7°F | 0.76 in | 34.8°F | 16.3°F | 1.13 in |
| February | 42.6°F | 19.6°F | 1.28 in | 40.3°F | 19.8°F | 1.70 in |
| March | 54.0°F | 29.9°F | 2.13 in | 52.5°F | 29.9°F | 2.60 in |
| April | 64.4°F | 41.3°F | 3.82 in | 63.9°F | 40.6°F | 3.90 in |
| May | 75.1°F | 53.3°F | 5.23 in | 74.6°F | 52.7°F | 6.02 in |
| June | 84.1°F | 63.6°F | 4.77 in | 84.5°F | 62.7°F | 4.76 in |
| July | 88.4°F | 67.7°F | 5.42 in | 88.9°F | 66.8°F | 4.77 in |
| August | 86.8°F | 64.8°F | 4.27 in | 86.9°F | 64.1°F | 4.27 in |
| September | 79.5°F | 55.8°F | 3.71 in | 79.4°F | 54.8°F | 3.88 in |
| October | 67.3°F | 42.0°F | 3.25 in | 66.7°F | 42.6°F | 3.08 in |
| November | 52.6°F | 29.9°F | 1.81 in | 51.7°F | 31.0°F | 2.22 in |
| December | 40.7°F | 20.4°F | 1.49 in | 39.5°F | 21.4°F | 1.74 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 →