Climate twins of Minneola, KS

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Minneola'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: Minneola vs its climate twin

Top match: White Deer, TX

Month Minneola White Deer
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 46.0°F 18.6°F 0.85 in 50.1°F 23.8°F 0.53 in
February 48.9°F 21.9°F 0.70 in 54.1°F 26.6°F 0.50 in
March 59.4°F 29.8°F 1.67 in 63.9°F 33.7°F 1.24 in
April 67.7°F 38.3°F 1.94 in 71.7°F 41.5°F 1.60 in
May 78.9°F 49.8°F 2.78 in 80.3°F 51.8°F 2.74 in
June 88.5°F 60.3°F 3.67 in 89.2°F 62.1°F 3.22 in
July 94.4°F 65.3°F 3.37 in 93.4°F 66.2°F 2.57 in
August 91.9°F 64.3°F 2.71 in 91.3°F 65.0°F 3.07 in
September 84.4°F 55.1°F 1.56 in 83.8°F 57.4°F 1.91 in
October 71.5°F 41.1°F 2.22 in 72.7°F 45.3°F 1.97 in
November 57.7°F 28.8°F 0.61 in 60.1°F 33.4°F 0.80 in
December 47.6°F 20.2°F 0.96 in 50.2°F 25.2°F 0.91 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 →