Climate twins of Osawatomie, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Osawatomie'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: Osawatomie vs its climate twin
Top match: Salisbury, MO
| Month | Osawatomie | Salisbury | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.8°F | 18.8°F | 1.14 in | 37.1°F | 18.3°F | 1.52 in |
| February | 45.3°F | 22.6°F | 1.63 in | 42.5°F | 22.3°F | 1.84 in |
| March | 55.9°F | 32.7°F | 2.59 in | 53.9°F | 32.1°F | 2.79 in |
| April | 65.6°F | 42.6°F | 3.75 in | 65.1°F | 42.6°F | 4.04 in |
| May | 74.8°F | 54.2°F | 5.51 in | 75.0°F | 53.7°F | 5.15 in |
| June | 84.1°F | 64.2°F | 5.49 in | 83.9°F | 63.6°F | 5.54 in |
| July | 89.2°F | 68.3°F | 4.19 in | 87.8°F | 67.1°F | 4.21 in |
| August | 88.2°F | 66.2°F | 3.37 in | 86.7°F | 64.8°F | 3.64 in |
| September | 80.3°F | 57.1°F | 4.15 in | 80.0°F | 55.9°F | 3.73 in |
| October | 68.8°F | 44.9°F | 3.09 in | 68.0°F | 44.0°F | 3.49 in |
| November | 55.0°F | 33.0°F | 2.33 in | 53.9°F | 32.9°F | 2.43 in |
| December | 44.0°F | 23.5°F | 1.65 in | 41.9°F | 23.7°F | 1.64 in |
Cities that consider Osawatomie their climate twin
These US cities have Osawatomie in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Osawatomie would feel familiar.
- Keytesville, MO (ranks Osawatomie #1)
- Salisbury, MO (ranks Osawatomie #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 →