Climate twins of Hutchinson, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hutchinson'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: Hutchinson vs its climate twin
Top match: Meriden, KS
| Month | Hutchinson | Meriden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 45.1°F | 19.2°F | 0.84 in | 40.4°F | 20.0°F | 0.89 in |
| February | 49.9°F | 22.6°F | 1.25 in | 45.7°F | 24.2°F | 1.31 in |
| March | 60.1°F | 31.6°F | 2.34 in | 57.1°F | 34.1°F | 2.25 in |
| April | 69.8°F | 41.2°F | 2.65 in | 67.0°F | 43.9°F | 3.81 in |
| May | 78.6°F | 52.8°F | 5.52 in | 76.4°F | 55.0°F | 5.17 in |
| June | 89.0°F | 62.9°F | 4.46 in | 85.8°F | 65.2°F | 4.92 in |
| July | 93.6°F | 67.7°F | 4.03 in | 90.2°F | 69.3°F | 3.99 in |
| August | 91.8°F | 65.6°F | 4.11 in | 88.9°F | 66.8°F | 4.55 in |
| September | 84.2°F | 57.3°F | 2.39 in | 81.0°F | 57.5°F | 3.52 in |
| October | 72.3°F | 44.0°F | 2.50 in | 68.9°F | 45.1°F | 2.85 in |
| November | 58.4°F | 31.3°F | 1.46 in | 55.2°F | 33.1°F | 1.78 in |
| December | 46.5°F | 22.5°F | 1.38 in | 43.8°F | 24.0°F | 1.49 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 →