Climate twins of Russell, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Russell'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: Russell vs its climate twin
Top match: Holcomb, KS
| Month | Russell | Holcomb | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.1°F | 18.8°F | 0.55 in | 45.6°F | 17.0°F | 0.47 in |
| February | 46.2°F | 21.6°F | 0.71 in | 49.2°F | 19.5°F | 0.59 in |
| March | 57.2°F | 31.0°F | 1.30 in | 59.0°F | 28.5°F | 1.13 in |
| April | 66.6°F | 40.2°F | 2.17 in | 67.8°F | 37.1°F | 1.65 in |
| May | 76.3°F | 51.5°F | 3.98 in | 77.7°F | 48.9°F | 2.79 in |
| June | 87.7°F | 62.4°F | 3.31 in | 88.6°F | 60.0°F | 3.07 in |
| July | 92.6°F | 67.3°F | 3.97 in | 93.0°F | 64.9°F | 3.16 in |
| August | 89.7°F | 65.3°F | 3.28 in | 90.6°F | 63.0°F | 2.80 in |
| September | 81.9°F | 56.6°F | 2.15 in | 83.8°F | 53.6°F | 1.33 in |
| October | 69.1°F | 42.8°F | 1.72 in | 70.9°F | 39.7°F | 1.34 in |
| November | 55.2°F | 29.8°F | 0.96 in | 57.2°F | 27.1°F | 0.49 in |
| December | 43.3°F | 20.9°F | 0.74 in | 46.6°F | 18.3°F | 0.73 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 →