Climate twins of Scottsbluff, NE

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Scottsbluff'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.

Rank 1 closest
Broadus, MT
similarity distance: 0.634 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Belle Fourche, SD
similarity distance: 0.769 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Melstone, MT
similarity distance: 0.860 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Scottsbluff vs its climate twin

Top match: Broadus, MT

Month Scottsbluff Broadus
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 41.1°F 14.8°F 0.34 in 36.8°F 11.4°F 0.43 in
February 43.1°F 16.5°F 0.48 in 40.3°F 14.4°F 0.52 in
March 53.0°F 24.4°F 0.96 in 51.5°F 23.7°F 0.78 in
April 60.8°F 32.8°F 1.69 in 60.7°F 32.6°F 1.77 in
May 69.7°F 42.5°F 2.93 in 70.5°F 42.3°F 2.75 in
June 81.7°F 53.0°F 2.78 in 81.2°F 52.1°F 2.37 in
July 88.9°F 59.5°F 1.67 in 90.8°F 58.8°F 1.72 in
August 87.4°F 56.8°F 1.16 in 89.6°F 56.1°F 1.28 in
September 78.5°F 46.7°F 1.30 in 79.0°F 45.8°F 1.23 in
October 63.5°F 33.9°F 1.31 in 63.2°F 34.2°F 1.12 in
November 50.5°F 23.4°F 0.55 in 48.2°F 22.1°F 0.47 in
December 40.3°F 15.0°F 0.46 in 37.7°F 13.5°F 0.48 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 →