Climate twins of Merriman, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Merriman'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: Merriman vs its climate twin
Top match: Belle Fourche, SD
| Month | Merriman | Belle Fourche | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.0°F | 13.5°F | 0.36 in | 36.5°F | 12.9°F | 0.44 in |
| February | 39.7°F | 15.2°F | 0.62 in | 39.1°F | 15.1°F | 0.51 in |
| March | 49.4°F | 23.4°F | 0.79 in | 49.7°F | 23.9°F | 1.16 in |
| April | 58.5°F | 30.4°F | 2.08 in | 59.0°F | 32.8°F | 2.11 in |
| May | 69.3°F | 41.8°F | 2.99 in | 68.5°F | 43.5°F | 3.04 in |
| June | 80.0°F | 51.8°F | 3.92 in | 79.3°F | 53.7°F | 2.96 in |
| July | 87.6°F | 58.0°F | 2.42 in | 87.3°F | 59.7°F | 1.96 in |
| August | 87.1°F | 55.6°F | 2.02 in | 86.6°F | 56.8°F | 1.50 in |
| September | 78.4°F | 46.1°F | 1.60 in | 77.8°F | 46.5°F | 1.34 in |
| October | 62.7°F | 34.2°F | 1.36 in | 62.2°F | 35.0°F | 1.72 in |
| November | 48.2°F | 23.9°F | 0.59 in | 47.5°F | 23.6°F | 0.66 in |
| December | 37.5°F | 15.1°F | 0.45 in | 37.1°F | 14.9°F | 0.59 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 →