Climate twins of Palmyra, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Palmyra'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: Palmyra vs its climate twin
Top match: Farwell, NE
| Month | Palmyra | Farwell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 34.4°F | 12.6°F | 0.78 in | 35.4°F | 14.3°F | 0.55 in |
| February | 39.7°F | 16.6°F | 0.98 in | 40.9°F | 18.0°F | 0.70 in |
| March | 52.4°F | 27.0°F | 1.82 in | 54.0°F | 28.1°F | 1.57 in |
| April | 63.9°F | 37.5°F | 2.76 in | 64.9°F | 38.2°F | 2.73 in |
| May | 74.2°F | 49.8°F | 5.63 in | 73.9°F | 49.9°F | 4.47 in |
| June | 84.2°F | 60.6°F | 4.55 in | 84.3°F | 60.0°F | 4.01 in |
| July | 88.2°F | 64.6°F | 4.24 in | 88.8°F | 65.0°F | 3.47 in |
| August | 86.5°F | 62.4°F | 3.48 in | 86.6°F | 63.0°F | 3.47 in |
| September | 79.8°F | 52.6°F | 2.87 in | 80.0°F | 53.6°F | 2.13 in |
| October | 66.9°F | 39.9°F | 2.54 in | 66.5°F | 40.4°F | 2.18 in |
| November | 51.3°F | 27.2°F | 1.45 in | 50.1°F | 27.7°F | 1.18 in |
| December | 38.8°F | 17.5°F | 1.11 in | 38.0°F | 18.2°F | 0.86 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 →