Climate twins of Parsons, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Parsons'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: Parsons vs its climate twin
Top match: Preston, MO
| Month | Parsons | Preston | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.7°F | 22.0°F | 1.42 in | 42.3°F | 23.0°F | 1.84 in |
| February | 48.1°F | 25.7°F | 1.70 in | 47.8°F | 25.5°F | 2.11 in |
| March | 57.6°F | 35.0°F | 2.95 in | 57.4°F | 35.0°F | 3.15 in |
| April | 67.1°F | 44.2°F | 4.77 in | 67.2°F | 44.9°F | 4.89 in |
| May | 75.6°F | 55.1°F | 6.84 in | 75.4°F | 55.5°F | 5.64 in |
| June | 85.0°F | 64.6°F | 5.64 in | 84.0°F | 64.8°F | 4.92 in |
| July | 90.1°F | 68.7°F | 4.23 in | 88.7°F | 69.1°F | 4.54 in |
| August | 89.7°F | 66.6°F | 4.07 in | 88.0°F | 67.1°F | 3.99 in |
| September | 81.4°F | 58.2°F | 4.83 in | 80.2°F | 58.8°F | 4.16 in |
| October | 70.1°F | 45.8°F | 3.64 in | 70.0°F | 47.1°F | 3.62 in |
| November | 56.8°F | 34.8°F | 2.80 in | 56.5°F | 36.2°F | 3.26 in |
| December | 46.1°F | 25.8°F | 2.00 in | 45.9°F | 27.5°F | 2.28 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 →