Climate twins of Gilead, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Gilead'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: Gilead vs its climate twin
Top match: Robinson, KS
| Month | Gilead | Robinson | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.6°F | 14.5°F | 0.80 in | 36.2°F | 15.1°F | 0.77 in |
| February | 41.3°F | 17.5°F | 0.82 in | 41.9°F | 19.2°F | 1.15 in |
| March | 53.4°F | 27.4°F | 1.70 in | 53.2°F | 28.7°F | 2.01 in |
| April | 64.1°F | 37.6°F | 2.74 in | 64.3°F | 40.4°F | 3.58 in |
| May | 73.7°F | 49.6°F | 5.26 in | 73.9°F | 52.6°F | 4.83 in |
| June | 84.4°F | 60.8°F | 4.39 in | 83.2°F | 62.7°F | 5.03 in |
| July | 88.6°F | 65.3°F | 4.57 in | 87.3°F | 66.3°F | 4.46 in |
| August | 86.6°F | 62.9°F | 3.52 in | 85.9°F | 63.3°F | 3.86 in |
| September | 79.8°F | 53.3°F | 2.60 in | 78.9°F | 54.0°F | 3.22 in |
| October | 67.2°F | 40.1°F | 2.33 in | 67.5°F | 41.8°F | 2.86 in |
| November | 52.4°F | 27.3°F | 1.30 in | 52.8°F | 30.3°F | 1.72 in |
| December | 40.1°F | 18.2°F | 1.05 in | 40.6°F | 20.4°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 →