Climate twins of Imperial, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Imperial'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: Imperial vs its climate twin
Top match: Horace, KS
| Month | Imperial | Horace | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 41.8°F | 16.1°F | 0.25 in | 44.2°F | 16.1°F | 0.43 in |
| February | 44.5°F | 18.6°F | 0.36 in | 47.2°F | 18.7°F | 0.54 in |
| March | 55.5°F | 26.2°F | 0.79 in | 56.9°F | 26.5°F | 0.99 in |
| April | 63.0°F | 34.6°F | 1.79 in | 64.9°F | 34.6°F | 1.66 in |
| May | 73.0°F | 45.9°F | 2.92 in | 74.6°F | 46.0°F | 2.23 in |
| June | 85.1°F | 56.7°F | 3.05 in | 86.2°F | 56.6°F | 2.77 in |
| July | 90.9°F | 62.2°F | 2.84 in | 91.4°F | 61.7°F | 3.14 in |
| August | 88.4°F | 60.0°F | 2.16 in | 88.2°F | 59.8°F | 2.87 in |
| September | 80.4°F | 50.1°F | 1.29 in | 81.4°F | 50.8°F | 1.13 in |
| October | 66.0°F | 36.6°F | 1.37 in | 68.3°F | 36.7°F | 1.59 in |
| November | 52.6°F | 24.6°F | 0.42 in | 54.7°F | 25.6°F | 0.53 in |
| December | 42.5°F | 16.8°F | 0.23 in | 44.8°F | 17.2°F | 0.56 in |
Cities that consider Imperial their climate twin
These US cities have Imperial in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Imperial would feel familiar.
- Horace, KS (ranks Imperial #1)
- Sheridan Lake, CO (ranks Imperial #1)
- Leoti, KS (ranks Imperial #1)
- Scott City, KS (ranks Imperial #3)
- Log Lane Village, CO (ranks Imperial #3)
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 →