Climate twins of Sharon Springs, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Sharon Springs'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: Sharon Springs vs its climate twin
Top match: Ogallala, NE
| Month | Sharon Springs | Ogallala | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.7°F | 17.3°F | 0.40 in | 39.7°F | 15.4°F | 0.51 in |
| February | 46.1°F | 19.4°F | 0.59 in | 42.8°F | 17.7°F | 0.58 in |
| March | 56.5°F | 27.8°F | 0.95 in | 53.4°F | 25.7°F | 1.12 in |
| April | 64.9°F | 36.7°F | 1.80 in | 61.9°F | 34.5°F | 2.23 in |
| May | 74.5°F | 47.9°F | 2.58 in | 71.8°F | 45.6°F | 3.22 in |
| June | 86.3°F | 58.6°F | 2.77 in | 83.4°F | 56.6°F | 3.11 in |
| July | 91.2°F | 64.1°F | 3.86 in | 89.6°F | 62.9°F | 2.90 in |
| August | 88.4°F | 62.0°F | 2.96 in | 87.4°F | 60.8°F | 2.09 in |
| September | 80.9°F | 52.9°F | 1.57 in | 79.2°F | 50.4°F | 1.53 in |
| October | 67.8°F | 38.4°F | 1.27 in | 65.0°F | 36.4°F | 1.26 in |
| November | 54.2°F | 26.5°F | 0.65 in | 51.4°F | 24.7°F | 0.59 in |
| December | 44.1°F | 18.6°F | 0.45 in | 41.1°F | 16.4°F | 0.40 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 →