Climate twins of Marion, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Marion'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: Marion vs its climate twin
Top match: Roeland Park, KS
| Month | Marion | Roeland Park | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 41.0°F | 21.3°F | 0.80 in | 39.9°F | 22.2°F | 1.02 in |
| February | 45.7°F | 24.7°F | 1.21 in | 45.1°F | 26.4°F | 1.53 in |
| March | 56.8°F | 34.7°F | 2.15 in | 56.6°F | 36.2°F | 2.08 in |
| April | 66.9°F | 44.6°F | 3.11 in | 66.8°F | 46.3°F | 3.89 in |
| May | 76.5°F | 55.5°F | 5.20 in | 76.2°F | 57.2°F | 5.10 in |
| June | 86.9°F | 65.6°F | 4.54 in | 85.8°F | 67.2°F | 5.33 in |
| July | 92.2°F | 70.1°F | 4.34 in | 90.2°F | 71.9°F | 4.38 in |
| August | 90.7°F | 68.2°F | 3.98 in | 88.6°F | 69.9°F | 4.68 in |
| September | 82.7°F | 59.4°F | 3.50 in | 80.4°F | 61.0°F | 3.78 in |
| October | 70.3°F | 46.7°F | 2.55 in | 68.2°F | 48.7°F | 3.24 in |
| November | 55.5°F | 34.3°F | 1.38 in | 54.5°F | 36.3°F | 1.80 in |
| December | 43.8°F | 24.6°F | 1.18 in | 43.9°F | 26.7°F | 1.30 in |
Cities that consider Marion their climate twin
These US cities have Marion in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Marion would feel familiar.
- Waukomis, OK (ranks Marion #3)
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 →