Climate twins of Independence, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Independence'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: Independence vs its climate twin
Top match: Warsaw, MO
| Month | Independence | Warsaw | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 44.9°F | 22.7°F | 1.44 in | 42.5°F | 21.9°F | 1.75 in |
| February | 50.0°F | 26.0°F | 1.85 in | 46.8°F | 25.1°F | 2.14 in |
| March | 59.8°F | 35.2°F | 2.88 in | 57.0°F | 33.9°F | 3.04 in |
| April | 69.1°F | 44.9°F | 4.47 in | 67.7°F | 43.7°F | 4.60 in |
| May | 77.0°F | 55.5°F | 6.76 in | 76.1°F | 55.1°F | 5.52 in |
| June | 85.6°F | 65.2°F | 6.26 in | 84.9°F | 64.9°F | 5.24 in |
| July | 90.7°F | 69.6°F | 4.29 in | 89.7°F | 69.4°F | 4.70 in |
| August | 90.3°F | 67.6°F | 4.49 in | 88.8°F | 67.3°F | 3.96 in |
| September | 82.6°F | 59.2°F | 4.12 in | 81.6°F | 58.5°F | 4.11 in |
| October | 71.6°F | 46.8°F | 4.09 in | 69.9°F | 46.3°F | 3.45 in |
| November | 58.7°F | 35.2°F | 2.40 in | 57.3°F | 35.6°F | 3.06 in |
| December | 47.5°F | 26.4°F | 2.35 in | 46.4°F | 26.7°F | 1.97 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 →