Climate twins of Lincoln, NE
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: Marquette, KS
| Month | Lincoln | Marquette | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 35.6°F | 14.4°F | 0.73 in | 41.7°F | 19.4°F | 0.71 in |
| February | 40.6°F | 18.4°F | 0.89 in | 45.9°F | 21.8°F | 1.12 in |
| March | 53.6°F | 28.7°F | 1.55 in | 56.6°F | 31.0°F | 1.69 in |
| April | 64.8°F | 39.2°F | 2.69 in | 66.2°F | 40.0°F | 2.54 in |
| May | 75.0°F | 51.2°F | 4.91 in | 75.5°F | 51.6°F | 4.90 in |
| June | 85.2°F | 62.1°F | 4.48 in | 86.7°F | 62.5°F | 4.13 in |
| July | 89.4°F | 66.7°F | 3.25 in | 91.8°F | 67.0°F | 3.95 in |
| August | 87.2°F | 64.1°F | 3.32 in | 89.7°F | 64.7°F | 3.51 in |
| September | 80.1°F | 54.3°F | 2.90 in | 81.6°F | 56.1°F | 2.73 in |
| October | 66.6°F | 41.0°F | 2.14 in | 69.5°F | 43.7°F | 2.27 in |
| November | 51.7°F | 28.0°F | 1.30 in | 55.4°F | 31.1°F | 1.09 in |
| December | 39.4°F | 18.2°F | 1.18 in | 43.9°F | 22.3°F | 0.97 in |
Cities that consider Lincoln their climate twin
These US cities have Lincoln in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Lincoln would feel familiar.
- Marquette, KS (ranks Lincoln #1)
- Bunker Hill, KS (ranks Lincoln #1)
- Kirwin, KS (ranks Lincoln #2)
- Kensington, KS (ranks Lincoln #3)
- Cedar, KS (ranks Lincoln #3)
- Agra, KS (ranks Lincoln #2)
- Partridge, KS (ranks Lincoln #1)
- Zurich, KS (ranks Lincoln #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 →