Climate twins of Grafton, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Grafton'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: Grafton vs its climate twin
Top match: Brewster, NE
| Month | Grafton | Brewster | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 34.5°F | 13.1°F | 0.63 in | 40.2°F | 14.8°F | 0.54 in |
| February | 39.4°F | 16.5°F | 0.73 in | 43.3°F | 17.2°F | 0.80 in |
| March | 51.6°F | 26.6°F | 1.34 in | 54.8°F | 25.9°F | 1.44 in |
| April | 62.7°F | 36.7°F | 2.32 in | 64.1°F | 35.2°F | 2.64 in |
| May | 73.2°F | 49.0°F | 4.39 in | 74.1°F | 46.4°F | 4.15 in |
| June | 83.8°F | 59.2°F | 4.18 in | 83.8°F | 56.6°F | 4.24 in |
| July | 87.0°F | 63.8°F | 3.38 in | 90.0°F | 62.1°F | 3.09 in |
| August | 84.8°F | 61.4°F | 3.66 in | 88.0°F | 60.0°F | 2.94 in |
| September | 78.7°F | 51.9°F | 2.63 in | 81.3°F | 50.4°F | 2.39 in |
| October | 65.4°F | 39.2°F | 2.02 in | 67.4°F | 37.2°F | 1.79 in |
| November | 50.6°F | 26.2°F | 1.19 in | 53.0°F | 25.0°F | 0.78 in |
| December | 38.2°F | 17.2°F | 0.79 in | 41.6°F | 16.5°F | 0.71 in |
Cities that consider Grafton their climate twin
These US cities have Grafton in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Grafton would feel familiar.
- Brewster, NE (ranks Grafton #1)
- Cozad, NE (ranks Grafton #1)
- Gothenburg, NE (ranks Grafton #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 →