Climate twins of Indianola, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Indianola'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: Indianola vs its climate twin
Top match: Yuma, CO
| Month | Indianola | Yuma | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 41.2°F | 16.1°F | 0.26 in | 42.6°F | 17.2°F | 0.29 in |
| February | 44.6°F | 18.5°F | 0.35 in | 45.2°F | 18.8°F | 0.44 in |
| March | 56.3°F | 27.3°F | 0.90 in | 56.2°F | 27.1°F | 0.81 in |
| April | 64.9°F | 36.3°F | 1.81 in | 63.3°F | 34.5°F | 1.64 in |
| May | 74.8°F | 47.5°F | 3.08 in | 73.2°F | 45.8°F | 2.94 in |
| June | 86.0°F | 58.4°F | 3.09 in | 85.8°F | 56.4°F | 2.49 in |
| July | 91.2°F | 64.0°F | 3.32 in | 91.8°F | 62.1°F | 3.07 in |
| August | 88.6°F | 61.7°F | 3.13 in | 88.9°F | 59.7°F | 2.64 in |
| September | 81.4°F | 51.5°F | 1.63 in | 80.6°F | 50.2°F | 1.44 in |
| October | 67.5°F | 37.7°F | 1.43 in | 66.3°F | 36.9°F | 1.25 in |
| November | 53.4°F | 25.2°F | 0.61 in | 53.2°F | 26.0°F | 0.50 in |
| December | 42.3°F | 17.0°F | 0.44 in | 42.9°F | 17.6°F | 0.45 in |
Cities that consider Indianola their climate twin
These US cities have Indianola in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Indianola would feel familiar.
- Yuma, CO (ranks Indianola #1)
- Eckley, CO (ranks Indianola #1)
- Bethune, CO (ranks Indianola #1)
- Coolidge, KS (ranks Indianola #3)
- Holly, CO (ranks Indianola #3)
- Granada, CO (ranks Indianola #3)
- Hartman, CO (ranks Indianola #2)
- Garden City, KS (ranks Indianola #2)
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 →