Climate twins of La Harpe, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches La Harpe'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: La Harpe vs its climate twin
Top match: Slater, MO
| Month | La Harpe | Slater | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 41.4°F | 20.3°F | 1.27 in | 36.8°F | 18.9°F | 1.46 in |
| February | 46.8°F | 24.7°F | 1.56 in | 42.3°F | 22.5°F | 1.90 in |
| March | 56.9°F | 34.2°F | 2.63 in | 53.8°F | 32.3°F | 3.00 in |
| April | 66.5°F | 44.7°F | 4.42 in | 64.9°F | 42.6°F | 4.39 in |
| May | 74.9°F | 55.5°F | 5.81 in | 74.6°F | 54.3°F | 5.47 in |
| June | 84.1°F | 65.1°F | 5.36 in | 83.7°F | 63.7°F | 5.10 in |
| July | 88.5°F | 69.2°F | 4.72 in | 87.5°F | 67.4°F | 4.63 in |
| August | 87.8°F | 66.8°F | 4.04 in | 86.1°F | 64.8°F | 3.88 in |
| September | 80.3°F | 58.3°F | 4.35 in | 79.3°F | 56.3°F | 4.04 in |
| October | 69.3°F | 46.3°F | 3.64 in | 67.3°F | 44.7°F | 3.20 in |
| November | 56.0°F | 34.5°F | 2.43 in | 53.1°F | 33.2°F | 2.64 in |
| December | 44.3°F | 24.4°F | 1.81 in | 41.4°F | 23.8°F | 2.06 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 →