Climate twins of Nickerson, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Nickerson'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: Nickerson vs its climate twin
Top match: Arnett, OK
| Month | Nickerson | Arnett | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 41.9°F | 19.5°F | 0.83 in | 47.2°F | 21.7°F | 0.77 in |
| February | 46.1°F | 22.4°F | 0.95 in | 50.8°F | 25.1°F | 0.96 in |
| March | 56.8°F | 31.3°F | 1.97 in | 60.5°F | 33.4°F | 1.67 in |
| April | 66.6°F | 40.9°F | 2.40 in | 68.9°F | 41.2°F | 2.35 in |
| May | 76.5°F | 53.3°F | 4.71 in | 77.6°F | 52.0°F | 3.45 in |
| June | 87.6°F | 63.9°F | 4.07 in | 86.2°F | 62.5°F | 3.64 in |
| July | 92.5°F | 68.7°F | 3.73 in | 91.5°F | 66.7°F | 2.52 in |
| August | 90.2°F | 66.5°F | 3.77 in | 91.2°F | 65.2°F | 2.98 in |
| September | 82.2°F | 57.7°F | 2.00 in | 82.4°F | 57.6°F | 1.99 in |
| October | 69.6°F | 43.9°F | 2.50 in | 71.5°F | 44.8°F | 2.59 in |
| November | 55.6°F | 31.2°F | 1.05 in | 59.2°F | 32.2°F | 1.08 in |
| December | 43.7°F | 22.2°F | 1.02 in | 48.0°F | 24.2°F | 1.31 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 →