Climate twins of Lincoln, ND
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lincoln'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 vs its climate twin
Top match: Harrold, SD
| Month | Lincoln | Harrold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 22.8°F | 2.6°F | 0.47 in | 27.1°F | 3.3°F | 0.49 in |
| February | 27.6°F | 6.9°F | 0.49 in | 32.3°F | 7.5°F | 0.44 in |
| March | 39.9°F | 18.0°F | 0.78 in | 44.4°F | 18.6°F | 0.82 in |
| April | 54.7°F | 30.0°F | 1.40 in | 57.6°F | 28.7°F | 1.93 in |
| May | 67.1°F | 41.9°F | 2.54 in | 68.9°F | 41.1°F | 2.73 in |
| June | 76.4°F | 52.8°F | 3.42 in | 79.2°F | 52.6°F | 3.30 in |
| July | 83.5°F | 58.2°F | 3.11 in | 86.9°F | 58.3°F | 2.68 in |
| August | 83.2°F | 55.9°F | 2.35 in | 85.5°F | 55.9°F | 1.93 in |
| September | 73.6°F | 46.6°F | 1.83 in | 77.5°F | 45.6°F | 1.80 in |
| October | 57.4°F | 32.7°F | 1.49 in | 61.0°F | 30.9°F | 1.44 in |
| November | 40.6°F | 19.0°F | 0.67 in | 44.4°F | 17.9°F | 0.54 in |
| December | 27.9°F | 7.9°F | 0.66 in | 31.0°F | 7.2°F | 0.54 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 →