Climate twins of Ragan, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ragan'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: Ragan vs its climate twin
Top match: Long Pine, NE
| Month | Ragan | Long Pine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.3°F | 16.0°F | 0.47 in | 36.9°F | 15.2°F | 0.42 in |
| February | 41.3°F | 20.0°F | 0.62 in | 40.1°F | 17.6°F | 0.63 in |
| March | 53.4°F | 28.0°F | 1.40 in | 51.4°F | 26.4°F | 1.20 in |
| April | 63.4°F | 37.9°F | 2.48 in | 61.2°F | 35.5°F | 2.64 in |
| May | 72.4°F | 49.3°F | 4.35 in | 71.4°F | 46.8°F | 3.80 in |
| June | 83.8°F | 59.9°F | 3.53 in | 81.4°F | 57.2°F | 3.77 in |
| July | 88.7°F | 64.7°F | 4.09 in | 87.8°F | 62.9°F | 3.05 in |
| August | 86.3°F | 62.5°F | 3.09 in | 85.6°F | 60.9°F | 2.81 in |
| September | 78.5°F | 53.5°F | 1.80 in | 78.4°F | 52.1°F | 2.56 in |
| October | 65.7°F | 40.0°F | 1.91 in | 64.4°F | 39.1°F | 1.73 in |
| November | 51.9°F | 27.6°F | 0.97 in | 49.6°F | 27.0°F | 0.63 in |
| December | 39.2°F | 19.0°F | 0.65 in | 38.3°F | 18.0°F | 0.57 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 →