Climate twins of Girard, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Girard'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: Girard vs its climate twin
Top match: Olean, MO
| Month | Girard | Olean | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 41.6°F | 22.3°F | 1.77 in | 40.4°F | 22.1°F | 2.28 in |
| February | 46.9°F | 26.2°F | 1.90 in | 46.2°F | 25.9°F | 2.03 in |
| March | 57.3°F | 35.5°F | 3.48 in | 56.0°F | 34.8°F | 2.90 in |
| April | 67.0°F | 45.2°F | 4.83 in | 67.1°F | 45.1°F | 4.97 in |
| May | 75.9°F | 55.8°F | 6.45 in | 75.5°F | 55.4°F | 5.63 in |
| June | 85.2°F | 65.2°F | 5.43 in | 84.2°F | 64.5°F | 4.89 in |
| July | 89.8°F | 69.4°F | 3.93 in | 88.6°F | 68.9°F | 4.39 in |
| August | 89.2°F | 67.5°F | 3.88 in | 87.5°F | 66.9°F | 4.05 in |
| September | 81.0°F | 58.8°F | 4.84 in | 79.8°F | 58.8°F | 4.29 in |
| October | 69.3°F | 46.9°F | 3.76 in | 68.8°F | 47.1°F | 3.78 in |
| November | 56.1°F | 35.4°F | 3.03 in | 55.2°F | 35.8°F | 3.25 in |
| December | 45.1°F | 26.5°F | 2.31 in | 45.1°F | 26.7°F | 2.36 in |
Cities that consider Girard their climate twin
These US cities have Girard in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Girard would feel familiar.
- Barnett, MO (ranks Girard #1)
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 →