Climate twins of Plains, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Plains'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: Plains vs its climate twin
Top match: Hill City, KS
| Month | Plains | Hill City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 46.0°F | 18.6°F | 0.85 in | 42.8°F | 17.1°F | 0.33 in |
| February | 48.9°F | 21.9°F | 0.70 in | 46.3°F | 19.9°F | 0.45 in |
| March | 59.4°F | 29.8°F | 1.67 in | 57.4°F | 28.7°F | 1.08 in |
| April | 67.7°F | 38.3°F | 1.94 in | 66.3°F | 37.9°F | 1.97 in |
| May | 78.9°F | 49.8°F | 2.78 in | 76.3°F | 49.5°F | 3.34 in |
| June | 88.5°F | 60.3°F | 3.67 in | 88.0°F | 60.4°F | 2.79 in |
| July | 94.4°F | 65.3°F | 3.37 in | 93.3°F | 66.1°F | 3.61 in |
| August | 91.9°F | 64.3°F | 2.71 in | 90.0°F | 63.6°F | 2.95 in |
| September | 84.4°F | 55.1°F | 1.56 in | 82.6°F | 54.0°F | 2.06 in |
| October | 71.5°F | 41.1°F | 2.22 in | 69.0°F | 40.0°F | 1.60 in |
| November | 57.7°F | 28.8°F | 0.61 in | 55.1°F | 27.1°F | 0.66 in |
| December | 47.6°F | 20.2°F | 0.96 in | 43.9°F | 19.0°F | 0.66 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 →