Climate twins of Hoskins, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hoskins'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: Hoskins vs its climate twin
Top match: Ansley, NE
| Month | Hoskins | Ansley | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.3°F | 11.0°F | 0.61 in | 36.8°F | 13.2°F | 0.60 in |
| February | 36.0°F | 14.4°F | 0.76 in | 40.3°F | 15.7°F | 0.73 in |
| March | 47.9°F | 24.6°F | 1.31 in | 51.9°F | 25.2°F | 1.51 in |
| April | 60.6°F | 35.4°F | 2.54 in | 61.5°F | 35.0°F | 2.79 in |
| May | 71.2°F | 47.3°F | 3.54 in | 70.9°F | 46.5°F | 4.37 in |
| June | 81.0°F | 58.6°F | 4.11 in | 81.8°F | 57.6°F | 3.93 in |
| July | 85.1°F | 62.3°F | 3.08 in | 87.1°F | 62.5°F | 3.23 in |
| August | 82.4°F | 60.0°F | 3.67 in | 85.2°F | 60.0°F | 3.14 in |
| September | 76.4°F | 50.7°F | 2.55 in | 78.1°F | 49.5°F | 2.33 in |
| October | 63.5°F | 38.1°F | 2.13 in | 64.5°F | 35.9°F | 1.96 in |
| November | 48.2°F | 25.3°F | 1.16 in | 50.2°F | 24.4°F | 1.09 in |
| December | 35.2°F | 15.4°F | 0.78 in | 38.8°F | 16.2°F | 0.60 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 →