Climate twins of Gross, NE

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Gross'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
Homer, NE
similarity distance: 0.951 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Salix, IA
similarity distance: 0.951 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Bronson, IA
similarity distance: 1.003 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Gross vs its climate twin

Top match: Homer, NE

Month Gross Homer
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 30.4°F 9.5°F 0.61 in 29.5°F 10.4°F 0.69 in
February 34.8°F 13.6°F 0.75 in 34.2°F 14.8°F 0.86 in
March 47.0°F 22.9°F 1.31 in 47.6°F 25.9°F 1.76 in
April 57.8°F 35.4°F 2.85 in 61.1°F 36.7°F 3.15 in
May 69.0°F 47.5°F 3.91 in 72.3°F 48.7°F 3.87 in
June 79.8°F 58.3°F 3.97 in 81.9°F 59.4°F 4.35 in
July 86.4°F 63.9°F 3.07 in 85.0°F 63.4°F 3.35 in
August 83.4°F 61.3°F 3.22 in 82.6°F 60.8°F 3.94 in
September 76.3°F 51.6°F 2.68 in 76.6°F 51.2°F 2.84 in
October 61.8°F 37.9°F 2.07 in 62.8°F 37.9°F 2.20 in
November 46.7°F 25.4°F 0.85 in 46.8°F 25.0°F 1.27 in
December 34.7°F 15.5°F 0.78 in 33.4°F 14.8°F 0.99 in

Cities that consider Gross their climate twin

These US cities have Gross in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Gross would feel familiar.

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 →