Climate twins of Plainville, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Plainville'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: Plainville vs its climate twin
Top match: Elba, NE
| Month | Plainville | Elba | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 41.3°F | 17.3°F | 0.64 in | 35.4°F | 14.3°F | 0.55 in |
| February | 45.0°F | 19.6°F | 0.83 in | 40.9°F | 18.0°F | 0.70 in |
| March | 56.2°F | 28.5°F | 1.40 in | 54.0°F | 28.1°F | 1.57 in |
| April | 65.4°F | 37.6°F | 2.22 in | 64.9°F | 38.2°F | 2.73 in |
| May | 74.6°F | 49.0°F | 4.10 in | 73.9°F | 49.9°F | 4.47 in |
| June | 85.9°F | 59.9°F | 3.28 in | 84.3°F | 60.0°F | 4.01 in |
| July | 91.3°F | 65.2°F | 3.95 in | 88.8°F | 65.0°F | 3.47 in |
| August | 88.9°F | 63.5°F | 3.64 in | 86.6°F | 63.0°F | 3.47 in |
| September | 81.4°F | 54.5°F | 2.24 in | 80.0°F | 53.6°F | 2.13 in |
| October | 68.5°F | 41.1°F | 1.71 in | 66.5°F | 40.4°F | 2.18 in |
| November | 54.6°F | 28.6°F | 1.15 in | 50.1°F | 27.7°F | 1.18 in |
| December | 42.6°F | 19.9°F | 0.95 in | 38.0°F | 18.2°F | 0.86 in |
Cities that consider Plainville their climate twin
These US cities have Plainville in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Plainville would feel familiar.
- Wallace, KS (ranks Plainville #3)
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 →