Climate twins of Howells, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Howells'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: Howells vs its climate twin
Top match: Pleasanton, NE
| Month | Howells | Pleasanton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 33.3°F | 13.4°F | 0.47 in | 37.0°F | 11.9°F | 0.52 in |
| February | 37.9°F | 16.2°F | 0.74 in | 40.6°F | 14.6°F | 0.64 in |
| March | 51.0°F | 26.5°F | 1.46 in | 52.7°F | 23.9°F | 1.39 in |
| April | 62.6°F | 37.0°F | 3.10 in | 62.8°F | 34.0°F | 2.70 in |
| May | 73.1°F | 49.7°F | 4.25 in | 72.6°F | 46.6°F | 3.94 in |
| June | 83.1°F | 60.7°F | 4.97 in | 82.8°F | 57.7°F | 4.41 in |
| July | 86.5°F | 64.4°F | 3.09 in | 87.0°F | 62.9°F | 3.77 in |
| August | 83.8°F | 61.6°F | 3.64 in | 84.9°F | 60.1°F | 3.34 in |
| September | 78.3°F | 52.4°F | 2.94 in | 78.3°F | 50.2°F | 2.06 in |
| October | 65.4°F | 39.7°F | 2.22 in | 65.7°F | 36.1°F | 2.10 in |
| November | 49.8°F | 27.0°F | 1.04 in | 51.3°F | 23.4°F | 0.96 in |
| December | 36.9°F | 17.2°F | 0.84 in | 39.2°F | 14.3°F | 0.67 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 →