Climate twins of Howard City (Boelus), NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Howard City (Boelus)'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: Howard City (Boelus) vs its climate twin
Top match: Homer, NE
| Month | Howard City (Boelus) | Homer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.0°F | 11.9°F | 0.52 in | 29.5°F | 10.4°F | 0.69 in |
| February | 40.6°F | 14.6°F | 0.64 in | 34.2°F | 14.8°F | 0.86 in |
| March | 52.7°F | 23.9°F | 1.39 in | 47.6°F | 25.9°F | 1.76 in |
| April | 62.8°F | 34.0°F | 2.70 in | 61.1°F | 36.7°F | 3.15 in |
| May | 72.6°F | 46.6°F | 3.94 in | 72.3°F | 48.7°F | 3.87 in |
| June | 82.8°F | 57.7°F | 4.41 in | 81.9°F | 59.4°F | 4.35 in |
| July | 87.0°F | 62.9°F | 3.77 in | 85.0°F | 63.4°F | 3.35 in |
| August | 84.9°F | 60.1°F | 3.34 in | 82.6°F | 60.8°F | 3.94 in |
| September | 78.3°F | 50.2°F | 2.06 in | 76.6°F | 51.2°F | 2.84 in |
| October | 65.7°F | 36.1°F | 2.10 in | 62.8°F | 37.9°F | 2.20 in |
| November | 51.3°F | 23.4°F | 0.96 in | 46.8°F | 25.0°F | 1.27 in |
| December | 39.2°F | 14.3°F | 0.67 in | 33.4°F | 14.8°F | 0.99 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 →