Climate twins of Mead, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Mead'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: Mead vs its climate twin
Top match: Loup City, NE
| Month | Mead | Loup City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.7°F | 12.0°F | 0.62 in | 37.4°F | 12.4°F | 0.56 in |
| February | 37.4°F | 15.9°F | 0.78 in | 41.3°F | 15.5°F | 0.66 in |
| March | 50.5°F | 26.6°F | 1.53 in | 52.6°F | 25.1°F | 1.53 in |
| April | 62.7°F | 37.2°F | 2.92 in | 62.9°F | 35.1°F | 2.94 in |
| May | 72.6°F | 49.3°F | 4.72 in | 72.9°F | 46.4°F | 4.36 in |
| June | 82.8°F | 59.9°F | 4.90 in | 83.7°F | 57.9°F | 4.14 in |
| July | 86.6°F | 63.7°F | 3.08 in | 88.2°F | 62.9°F | 3.23 in |
| August | 84.5°F | 61.3°F | 3.77 in | 86.1°F | 60.5°F | 3.19 in |
| September | 78.4°F | 51.8°F | 3.15 in | 78.7°F | 50.4°F | 2.18 in |
| October | 65.4°F | 39.2°F | 2.18 in | 65.7°F | 36.7°F | 1.88 in |
| November | 50.0°F | 26.3°F | 1.33 in | 51.7°F | 24.3°F | 1.13 in |
| December | 37.0°F | 16.9°F | 1.12 in | 39.6°F | 15.6°F | 0.67 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 →