Climate twins of Herndon, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Herndon'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: Herndon vs its climate twin
Top match: Red Cloud, NE
| Month | Herndon | Red Cloud | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 41.7°F | 15.8°F | 0.42 in | 37.3°F | 12.5°F | 0.52 in |
| February | 44.9°F | 18.4°F | 0.68 in | 41.8°F | 15.6°F | 0.65 in |
| March | 56.1°F | 26.4°F | 1.03 in | 53.6°F | 25.1°F | 1.25 in |
| April | 64.6°F | 36.0°F | 2.13 in | 64.2°F | 35.4°F | 2.22 in |
| May | 74.1°F | 46.8°F | 3.30 in | 74.1°F | 47.4°F | 4.19 in |
| June | 85.9°F | 58.3°F | 3.01 in | 85.6°F | 58.8°F | 3.61 in |
| July | 90.9°F | 63.8°F | 3.27 in | 90.5°F | 64.0°F | 3.88 in |
| August | 88.7°F | 61.5°F | 3.07 in | 87.9°F | 61.4°F | 3.38 in |
| September | 80.9°F | 51.4°F | 1.72 in | 80.2°F | 51.1°F | 1.96 in |
| October | 67.6°F | 37.5°F | 1.69 in | 66.8°F | 37.3°F | 1.98 in |
| November | 53.9°F | 25.4°F | 0.80 in | 52.2°F | 24.5°F | 1.11 in |
| December | 42.6°F | 17.0°F | 0.67 in | 40.0°F | 15.4°F | 0.71 in |
Cities that consider Herndon their climate twin
These US cities have Herndon in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Herndon would feel familiar.
- Smith Center, KS (ranks Herndon #3)
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 →