Climate twins of Florence, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Florence'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: Florence vs its climate twin
Top match: Spring Hill, KS
| Month | Florence | Spring Hill | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.0°F | 18.4°F | 0.78 in | 39.4°F | 20.1°F | 1.05 in |
| February | 47.4°F | 21.7°F | 1.29 in | 44.1°F | 24.1°F | 1.50 in |
| March | 57.4°F | 31.3°F | 2.21 in | 56.0°F | 33.8°F | 2.31 in |
| April | 67.0°F | 40.2°F | 2.95 in | 66.0°F | 43.6°F | 3.76 in |
| May | 76.1°F | 52.0°F | 5.20 in | 75.4°F | 54.4°F | 5.08 in |
| June | 84.9°F | 62.7°F | 4.86 in | 84.7°F | 64.3°F | 5.26 in |
| July | 90.5°F | 67.5°F | 3.78 in | 89.4°F | 68.2°F | 4.21 in |
| August | 88.7°F | 65.4°F | 4.58 in | 88.2°F | 66.5°F | 3.95 in |
| September | 82.5°F | 55.8°F | 3.39 in | 79.7°F | 57.5°F | 3.74 in |
| October | 70.6°F | 43.4°F | 2.57 in | 67.5°F | 45.5°F | 3.27 in |
| November | 56.2°F | 31.0°F | 1.50 in | 54.0°F | 33.6°F | 1.91 in |
| December | 44.4°F | 21.5°F | 1.21 in | 43.0°F | 24.2°F | 1.50 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 →