Climate twins of Lincoln Center, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lincoln Center'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: Lincoln Center vs its climate twin
Top match: Farwell, NE
| Month | Lincoln Center | Farwell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 40.7°F | 16.0°F | 0.71 in | 35.4°F | 14.3°F | 0.55 in |
| February | 45.3°F | 18.7°F | 1.03 in | 40.9°F | 18.0°F | 0.70 in |
| March | 56.4°F | 28.2°F | 1.62 in | 54.0°F | 28.1°F | 1.57 in |
| April | 66.0°F | 37.8°F | 2.60 in | 64.9°F | 38.2°F | 2.73 in |
| May | 75.7°F | 49.8°F | 4.62 in | 73.9°F | 49.9°F | 4.47 in |
| June | 87.3°F | 61.4°F | 3.97 in | 84.3°F | 60.0°F | 4.01 in |
| July | 92.7°F | 66.3°F | 4.02 in | 88.8°F | 65.0°F | 3.47 in |
| August | 90.1°F | 63.7°F | 3.87 in | 86.6°F | 63.0°F | 3.47 in |
| September | 82.2°F | 54.7°F | 2.42 in | 80.0°F | 53.6°F | 2.13 in |
| October | 69.6°F | 40.9°F | 1.92 in | 66.5°F | 40.4°F | 2.18 in |
| November | 55.0°F | 27.9°F | 1.17 in | 50.1°F | 27.7°F | 1.18 in |
| December | 42.8°F | 18.9°F | 1.11 in | 38.0°F | 18.2°F | 0.86 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 →