Climate twins of Garfield, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Garfield'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: Garfield vs its climate twin
Top match: Benton, KS
| Month | Garfield | Benton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.6°F | 19.8°F | 0.96 in | 43.2°F | 22.7°F | 0.57 in |
| February | 47.4°F | 23.0°F | 0.74 in | 48.2°F | 26.1°F | 1.12 in |
| March | 57.9°F | 31.1°F | 1.62 in | 58.7°F | 35.1°F | 2.13 in |
| April | 68.0°F | 40.6°F | 2.09 in | 68.2°F | 44.7°F | 3.03 in |
| May | 77.9°F | 51.6°F | 5.40 in | 76.8°F | 55.1°F | 5.22 in |
| June | 89.0°F | 61.9°F | 4.36 in | 86.3°F | 64.8°F | 4.78 in |
| July | 93.8°F | 67.7°F | 2.97 in | 91.6°F | 69.3°F | 3.60 in |
| August | 91.4°F | 65.4°F | 3.02 in | 90.1°F | 67.5°F | 3.80 in |
| September | 84.0°F | 56.7°F | 1.61 in | 82.5°F | 58.8°F | 3.15 in |
| October | 70.6°F | 43.7°F | 2.70 in | 70.2°F | 46.7°F | 2.77 in |
| November | 57.0°F | 31.4°F | 1.02 in | 56.6°F | 34.7°F | 1.34 in |
| December | 44.6°F | 21.9°F | 1.03 in | 45.2°F | 25.6°F | 1.10 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 →