Climate twins of Manhattan, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Manhattan'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: Manhattan vs its climate twin
Top match: Gladstone, MO
| Month | Manhattan | Gladstone | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.6°F | 18.7°F | 0.64 in | 39.9°F | 22.2°F | 1.02 in |
| February | 45.1°F | 22.1°F | 1.14 in | 45.1°F | 26.4°F | 1.53 in |
| March | 56.3°F | 31.5°F | 2.17 in | 56.6°F | 36.2°F | 2.08 in |
| April | 66.4°F | 42.2°F | 3.38 in | 66.8°F | 46.3°F | 3.89 in |
| May | 75.9°F | 54.1°F | 5.23 in | 76.2°F | 57.2°F | 5.10 in |
| June | 85.8°F | 64.3°F | 5.47 in | 85.8°F | 67.2°F | 5.33 in |
| July | 90.8°F | 69.3°F | 4.62 in | 90.2°F | 71.9°F | 4.38 in |
| August | 89.0°F | 66.4°F | 4.40 in | 88.6°F | 69.9°F | 4.68 in |
| September | 81.3°F | 57.1°F | 3.41 in | 80.4°F | 61.0°F | 3.78 in |
| October | 69.1°F | 44.1°F | 2.50 in | 68.2°F | 48.7°F | 3.24 in |
| November | 54.6°F | 31.8°F | 1.62 in | 54.5°F | 36.3°F | 1.80 in |
| December | 43.0°F | 22.5°F | 1.19 in | 43.9°F | 26.7°F | 1.30 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 →