Climate twins of Lawrence, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lawrence'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: Lawrence vs its climate twin
Top match: De Witt, MO
| Month | Lawrence | De Witt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.3°F | 19.4°F | 0.96 in | 36.1°F | 19.5°F | 1.51 in |
| February | 43.6°F | 23.0°F | 1.54 in | 41.4°F | 23.3°F | 2.03 in |
| March | 54.6°F | 33.1°F | 2.32 in | 53.4°F | 33.3°F | 2.77 in |
| April | 64.6°F | 43.9°F | 4.13 in | 64.5°F | 43.5°F | 3.96 in |
| May | 74.1°F | 55.9°F | 5.13 in | 73.6°F | 54.9°F | 5.45 in |
| June | 83.9°F | 65.3°F | 5.69 in | 82.9°F | 64.6°F | 5.55 in |
| July | 88.6°F | 69.8°F | 4.28 in | 86.8°F | 68.7°F | 4.30 in |
| August | 87.3°F | 67.6°F | 4.63 in | 85.2°F | 66.5°F | 3.85 in |
| September | 79.0°F | 58.7°F | 3.95 in | 78.6°F | 57.7°F | 3.49 in |
| October | 67.0°F | 46.6°F | 3.20 in | 67.0°F | 45.9°F | 3.35 in |
| November | 53.5°F | 33.9°F | 1.96 in | 52.8°F | 34.2°F | 2.36 in |
| December | 41.8°F | 24.2°F | 1.61 in | 40.5°F | 24.3°F | 1.80 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 →