Climate twins of Orchard, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Orchard'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: Orchard vs its climate twin
Top match: Upland, NE
| Month | Orchard | Upland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 35.4°F | 10.3°F | 0.56 in | 35.2°F | 14.5°F | 0.48 in |
| February | 39.7°F | 13.5°F | 0.72 in | 39.4°F | 18.1°F | 0.55 in |
| March | 52.1°F | 23.8°F | 1.39 in | 51.4°F | 26.9°F | 1.33 in |
| April | 63.0°F | 34.1°F | 3.02 in | 61.3°F | 37.9°F | 2.38 in |
| May | 73.4°F | 46.3°F | 4.08 in | 71.2°F | 49.6°F | 4.52 in |
| June | 83.2°F | 56.4°F | 3.91 in | 81.9°F | 60.3°F | 3.91 in |
| July | 87.9°F | 61.5°F | 3.22 in | 86.7°F | 65.0°F | 3.61 in |
| August | 85.7°F | 59.2°F | 3.23 in | 84.1°F | 62.7°F | 3.19 in |
| September | 79.1°F | 49.6°F | 2.23 in | 77.4°F | 53.5°F | 1.88 in |
| October | 65.6°F | 36.4°F | 2.07 in | 64.4°F | 39.4°F | 2.11 in |
| November | 49.4°F | 23.4°F | 0.90 in | 49.9°F | 26.7°F | 0.96 in |
| December | 37.2°F | 13.6°F | 0.74 in | 37.3°F | 17.4°F | 0.74 in |
Cities that consider Orchard their climate twin
These US cities have Orchard in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Orchard would feel familiar.
- Upland, NE (ranks Orchard #2)
- Bloomington, NE (ranks Orchard #2)
- Franklin, NE (ranks Orchard #2)
- Riverton, NE (ranks Orchard #2)
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 →