Climate twins of Hill City, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hill City'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: Hill City vs its climate twin
Top match: Tyrone, OK
| Month | Hill City | Tyrone | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.8°F | 17.1°F | 0.33 in | 47.6°F | 19.7°F | 0.47 in |
| February | 46.3°F | 19.9°F | 0.45 in | 51.0°F | 22.2°F | 0.40 in |
| March | 57.4°F | 28.7°F | 1.08 in | 60.7°F | 30.3°F | 1.20 in |
| April | 66.3°F | 37.9°F | 1.97 in | 69.6°F | 38.7°F | 1.80 in |
| May | 76.3°F | 49.5°F | 3.34 in | 78.7°F | 49.8°F | 2.66 in |
| June | 88.0°F | 60.4°F | 2.79 in | 88.8°F | 60.3°F | 3.31 in |
| July | 93.3°F | 66.1°F | 3.61 in | 93.2°F | 65.1°F | 3.20 in |
| August | 90.0°F | 63.6°F | 2.95 in | 91.2°F | 63.6°F | 2.72 in |
| September | 82.6°F | 54.0°F | 2.06 in | 83.9°F | 55.0°F | 1.53 in |
| October | 69.0°F | 40.0°F | 1.60 in | 71.5°F | 42.2°F | 2.29 in |
| November | 55.1°F | 27.1°F | 0.66 in | 58.3°F | 28.6°F | 0.73 in |
| December | 43.9°F | 19.0°F | 0.66 in | 47.4°F | 20.8°F | 0.80 in |
Cities that consider Hill City their climate twin
These US cities have Hill City in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Hill City would feel familiar.
- Meade, KS (ranks Hill City #1)
- Plains, KS (ranks Hill City #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 →