Climate twins of Protection, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Protection'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: Protection vs its climate twin
Top match: Mangum, OK
| Month | Protection | Mangum | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 49.3°F | 23.9°F | 0.76 in | 51.9°F | 25.2°F | 0.86 in |
| February | 53.7°F | 26.7°F | 0.87 in | 55.9°F | 28.6°F | 0.96 in |
| March | 63.5°F | 35.7°F | 1.56 in | 65.1°F | 36.5°F | 1.52 in |
| April | 72.5°F | 44.7°F | 2.21 in | 74.2°F | 45.0°F | 2.53 in |
| May | 80.8°F | 55.3°F | 3.44 in | 81.7°F | 56.6°F | 3.96 in |
| June | 89.6°F | 64.9°F | 3.91 in | 90.1°F | 66.7°F | 3.63 in |
| July | 94.6°F | 69.5°F | 3.36 in | 94.7°F | 70.5°F | 2.49 in |
| August | 92.6°F | 68.0°F | 3.32 in | 93.9°F | 69.3°F | 2.92 in |
| September | 85.6°F | 59.9°F | 1.71 in | 86.2°F | 61.3°F | 2.60 in |
| October | 74.2°F | 47.4°F | 2.08 in | 75.2°F | 48.4°F | 2.47 in |
| November | 60.9°F | 34.9°F | 0.95 in | 62.7°F | 35.8°F | 1.46 in |
| December | 49.5°F | 25.8°F | 1.12 in | 52.8°F | 27.1°F | 0.97 in |
Cities that consider Protection their climate twin
These US cities have Protection in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Protection would feel familiar.
- Howardwick, TX (ranks Protection #2)
- Clarendon, TX (ranks Protection #2)
- Gould, OK (ranks Protection #2)
- East Duke, OK (ranks Protection #2)
- Hedley, TX (ranks Protection #2)
- Lakeview, TX (ranks Protection #2)
- Memphis, TX (ranks Protection #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 →