Climate twins of Rose Hill, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rose Hill'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: Rose Hill vs its climate twin
Top match: Roeland Park, KS
| Month | Rose Hill | Roeland Park | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.8°F | 20.7°F | 0.88 in | 39.9°F | 22.2°F | 1.02 in |
| February | 48.4°F | 24.6°F | 1.46 in | 45.1°F | 26.4°F | 1.53 in |
| March | 58.6°F | 33.9°F | 2.52 in | 56.6°F | 36.2°F | 2.08 in |
| April | 68.4°F | 43.7°F | 3.26 in | 66.8°F | 46.3°F | 3.89 in |
| May | 76.8°F | 55.2°F | 6.03 in | 76.2°F | 57.2°F | 5.10 in |
| June | 87.1°F | 65.2°F | 6.26 in | 85.8°F | 67.2°F | 5.33 in |
| July | 91.7°F | 68.9°F | 4.37 in | 90.2°F | 71.9°F | 4.38 in |
| August | 90.1°F | 67.1°F | 4.28 in | 88.6°F | 69.9°F | 4.68 in |
| September | 83.2°F | 57.9°F | 2.95 in | 80.4°F | 61.0°F | 3.78 in |
| October | 71.5°F | 44.8°F | 3.12 in | 68.2°F | 48.7°F | 3.24 in |
| November | 57.4°F | 33.2°F | 1.79 in | 54.5°F | 36.3°F | 1.80 in |
| December | 45.7°F | 24.0°F | 1.34 in | 43.9°F | 26.7°F | 1.30 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 →