Climate twins of Sidney, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Sidney'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: Sidney vs its climate twin
Top match: Hot Springs, SD
| Month | Sidney | Hot Springs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 41.6°F | 13.5°F | 0.14 in | 40.4°F | 14.1°F | 0.41 in |
| February | 43.5°F | 15.2°F | 0.22 in | 43.3°F | 15.4°F | 0.57 in |
| March | 53.8°F | 22.9°F | 0.58 in | 54.1°F | 23.6°F | 1.05 in |
| April | 60.6°F | 30.0°F | 1.67 in | 61.6°F | 31.2°F | 2.12 in |
| May | 70.1°F | 40.3°F | 2.87 in | 70.2°F | 41.4°F | 3.28 in |
| June | 82.3°F | 50.7°F | 3.15 in | 80.6°F | 50.8°F | 3.05 in |
| July | 90.0°F | 57.4°F | 2.15 in | 88.5°F | 57.4°F | 2.41 in |
| August | 87.8°F | 55.4°F | 2.03 in | 87.4°F | 55.2°F | 2.00 in |
| September | 79.1°F | 45.6°F | 1.31 in | 79.7°F | 45.4°F | 1.40 in |
| October | 63.9°F | 32.3°F | 1.01 in | 64.7°F | 33.3°F | 1.40 in |
| November | 51.4°F | 21.1°F | 0.51 in | 50.5°F | 22.7°F | 0.43 in |
| December | 41.6°F | 13.5°F | 0.20 in | 40.5°F | 14.8°F | 0.49 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 →