Climate twins of Loup City, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Loup City'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: Loup City vs its climate twin
Top match: Parkston, SD
| Month | Loup City | Parkston | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.4°F | 12.4°F | 0.56 in | 31.8°F | 10.0°F | 0.55 in |
| February | 41.3°F | 15.5°F | 0.66 in | 37.1°F | 14.3°F | 0.86 in |
| March | 52.6°F | 25.1°F | 1.53 in | 49.6°F | 24.3°F | 1.24 in |
| April | 62.9°F | 35.1°F | 2.94 in | 62.3°F | 35.2°F | 3.26 in |
| May | 72.9°F | 46.4°F | 4.36 in | 72.8°F | 46.4°F | 4.03 in |
| June | 83.7°F | 57.9°F | 4.14 in | 82.4°F | 57.7°F | 3.74 in |
| July | 88.2°F | 62.9°F | 3.23 in | 88.0°F | 62.1°F | 2.67 in |
| August | 86.1°F | 60.5°F | 3.19 in | 86.3°F | 60.2°F | 2.84 in |
| September | 78.7°F | 50.4°F | 2.18 in | 79.2°F | 51.5°F | 2.42 in |
| October | 65.7°F | 36.7°F | 1.88 in | 64.3°F | 37.8°F | 2.07 in |
| November | 51.7°F | 24.3°F | 1.13 in | 47.7°F | 24.5°F | 1.02 in |
| December | 39.6°F | 15.6°F | 0.67 in | 34.6°F | 14.4°F | 0.72 in |
Cities that consider Loup City their climate twin
These US cities have Loup City in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Loup City would feel familiar.
- Bruno, NE (ranks Loup City #1)
- Ithaca, NE (ranks Loup City #1)
- Mead, NE (ranks Loup City #1)
- Memphis, NE (ranks Loup City #1)
- Herman, NE (ranks Loup City #2)
- Cedar Bluffs, NE (ranks Loup City #2)
- Pleasant Dale, NE (ranks Loup City #2)
- Denton, NE (ranks Loup City #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 →