Climate twins of Shelton, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Shelton'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: Shelton vs its climate twin
Top match: Delmont, SD
| Month | Shelton | Delmont | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 35.9°F | 13.8°F | 0.51 in | 31.8°F | 10.0°F | 0.55 in |
| February | 39.7°F | 16.5°F | 0.59 in | 37.1°F | 14.3°F | 0.86 in |
| March | 51.4°F | 25.2°F | 1.46 in | 49.6°F | 24.3°F | 1.24 in |
| April | 61.6°F | 35.6°F | 2.68 in | 62.3°F | 35.2°F | 3.26 in |
| May | 71.5°F | 47.4°F | 4.40 in | 72.8°F | 46.4°F | 4.03 in |
| June | 82.3°F | 58.5°F | 3.90 in | 82.4°F | 57.7°F | 3.74 in |
| July | 86.6°F | 63.0°F | 3.36 in | 88.0°F | 62.1°F | 2.67 in |
| August | 84.4°F | 60.9°F | 3.01 in | 86.3°F | 60.2°F | 2.84 in |
| September | 77.9°F | 51.1°F | 1.84 in | 79.2°F | 51.5°F | 2.42 in |
| October | 64.9°F | 37.8°F | 2.13 in | 64.3°F | 37.8°F | 2.07 in |
| November | 50.5°F | 25.3°F | 1.00 in | 47.7°F | 24.5°F | 1.02 in |
| December | 38.2°F | 16.6°F | 0.68 in | 34.6°F | 14.4°F | 0.72 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 →