Climate twins of Johnstown, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Johnstown'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: Johnstown vs its climate twin
Top match: Hayes Center, NE
| Month | Johnstown | Hayes Center | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.9°F | 15.2°F | 0.42 in | 39.8°F | 14.8°F | 0.38 in |
| February | 40.1°F | 17.6°F | 0.63 in | 42.8°F | 16.9°F | 0.53 in |
| March | 51.4°F | 26.4°F | 1.20 in | 53.9°F | 25.1°F | 1.13 in |
| April | 61.2°F | 35.5°F | 2.64 in | 62.2°F | 33.6°F | 2.09 in |
| May | 71.4°F | 46.8°F | 3.80 in | 71.7°F | 44.6°F | 3.56 in |
| June | 81.4°F | 57.2°F | 3.77 in | 83.1°F | 55.5°F | 3.27 in |
| July | 87.8°F | 62.9°F | 3.05 in | 89.1°F | 60.8°F | 3.26 in |
| August | 85.6°F | 60.9°F | 2.81 in | 86.9°F | 58.9°F | 2.82 in |
| September | 78.4°F | 52.1°F | 2.56 in | 79.2°F | 49.5°F | 1.71 in |
| October | 64.4°F | 39.1°F | 1.73 in | 65.6°F | 36.5°F | 1.67 in |
| November | 49.6°F | 27.0°F | 0.63 in | 51.9°F | 24.7°F | 0.61 in |
| December | 38.3°F | 18.0°F | 0.57 in | 41.1°F | 16.5°F | 0.48 in |
Cities that consider Johnstown their climate twin
These US cities have Johnstown in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Johnstown would feel familiar.
- Hayes Center, NE (ranks Johnstown #2)
- Oxford, NE (ranks Johnstown #2)
- Verdigre, NE (ranks Johnstown #2)
- Niobrara, NE (ranks Johnstown #2)
- Norman, NE (ranks Johnstown #2)
- Heartwell, NE (ranks Johnstown #2)
- Minden, NE (ranks Johnstown #2)
- Genoa, NE (ranks Johnstown #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 →