Climate twins of Goodland, KS

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Goodland'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.

Rank 1 closest
Bridgeport, NE
similarity distance: 1.085 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Bayard, NE
similarity distance: 1.085 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
New Witten, SD
similarity distance: 1.292 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Goodland vs its climate twin

Top match: Bridgeport, NE

Month Goodland Bridgeport
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 43.4°F 16.9°F 0.32 in 41.1°F 15.8°F 0.36 in
February 45.8°F 18.9°F 0.47 in 45.0°F 18.3°F 0.50 in
March 56.3°F 26.5°F 0.88 in 56.0°F 26.0°F 0.91 in
April 64.0°F 34.6°F 1.69 in 64.2°F 33.3°F 2.17 in
May 73.6°F 45.5°F 2.81 in 73.3°F 43.7°F 3.31 in
June 85.2°F 56.2°F 2.96 in 85.2°F 53.6°F 2.89 in
July 90.4°F 61.7°F 3.08 in 91.5°F 60.1°F 2.43 in
August 87.5°F 59.8°F 3.06 in 89.1°F 57.6°F 2.06 in
September 80.1°F 50.6°F 1.40 in 80.6°F 48.0°F 1.70 in
October 66.6°F 37.1°F 1.41 in 65.6°F 34.4°F 1.28 in
November 53.7°F 25.5°F 0.54 in 51.9°F 23.7°F 0.57 in
December 43.8°F 17.8°F 0.47 in 41.1°F 15.7°F 0.45 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 →