Climate twins of Hardtner, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hardtner'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: Hardtner vs its climate twin
Top match: Minneapolis, KS
| Month | Hardtner | Minneapolis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 46.9°F | 20.8°F | 0.80 in | 40.4°F | 18.2°F | 0.86 in |
| February | 50.5°F | 23.5°F | 1.10 in | 45.8°F | 21.3°F | 1.16 in |
| March | 61.2°F | 32.4°F | 2.02 in | 57.0°F | 30.6°F | 1.92 in |
| April | 70.3°F | 42.7°F | 2.85 in | 67.1°F | 40.7°F | 2.42 in |
| May | 79.5°F | 53.9°F | 4.31 in | 76.7°F | 52.7°F | 5.17 in |
| June | 89.8°F | 64.6°F | 4.18 in | 87.7°F | 63.2°F | 3.98 in |
| July | 94.4°F | 69.7°F | 3.54 in | 93.3°F | 68.2°F | 4.40 in |
| August | 93.1°F | 67.7°F | 3.84 in | 90.6°F | 65.6°F | 4.20 in |
| September | 85.4°F | 59.2°F | 2.22 in | 82.6°F | 56.8°F | 2.69 in |
| October | 73.0°F | 45.9°F | 2.48 in | 69.6°F | 43.4°F | 2.39 in |
| November | 59.3°F | 32.3°F | 1.43 in | 55.0°F | 30.6°F | 1.24 in |
| December | 48.3°F | 23.0°F | 1.30 in | 42.6°F | 21.3°F | 1.29 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 →