Climate twins of Lansing, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lansing'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: Lansing vs its climate twin
Top match: Bucklin, MO
| Month | Lansing | Bucklin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.0°F | 15.3°F | 1.02 in | 36.1°F | 17.7°F | 1.50 in |
| February | 43.0°F | 19.9°F | 1.42 in | 41.6°F | 21.5°F | 1.82 in |
| March | 54.9°F | 29.4°F | 2.59 in | 53.6°F | 31.9°F | 2.90 in |
| April | 64.9°F | 40.7°F | 3.83 in | 64.9°F | 42.2°F | 3.95 in |
| May | 74.1°F | 51.4°F | 5.55 in | 74.4°F | 53.5°F | 5.53 in |
| June | 83.2°F | 61.8°F | 4.99 in | 83.3°F | 63.4°F | 5.49 in |
| July | 87.3°F | 66.1°F | 4.72 in | 87.3°F | 67.4°F | 4.92 in |
| August | 86.4°F | 63.7°F | 4.24 in | 86.1°F | 64.9°F | 4.37 in |
| September | 78.6°F | 55.1°F | 4.10 in | 78.9°F | 56.3°F | 3.99 in |
| October | 68.0°F | 41.8°F | 3.16 in | 67.3°F | 44.5°F | 3.43 in |
| November | 53.5°F | 30.1°F | 2.01 in | 52.8°F | 32.7°F | 2.52 in |
| December | 42.0°F | 20.5°F | 1.51 in | 40.7°F | 22.9°F | 1.80 in |
Cities that consider Lansing their climate twin
These US cities have Lansing in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Lansing would feel familiar.
- Bucklin, MO (ranks Lansing #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 →