Climate twins of South Bend, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches South Bend'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: South Bend vs its climate twin
Top match: Glenvil, NE
| Month | South Bend | Glenvil | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.7°F | 13.3°F | 0.85 in | 35.4°F | 16.1°F | 0.58 in |
| February | 37.7°F | 17.0°F | 0.98 in | 40.0°F | 19.3°F | 0.82 in |
| March | 50.6°F | 27.6°F | 1.67 in | 51.9°F | 28.6°F | 1.32 in |
| April | 62.6°F | 38.2°F | 3.18 in | 62.7°F | 38.5°F | 2.57 in |
| May | 73.3°F | 50.1°F | 5.19 in | 72.8°F | 50.4°F | 5.34 in |
| June | 83.2°F | 61.5°F | 4.48 in | 83.7°F | 61.4°F | 4.20 in |
| July | 87.2°F | 65.6°F | 3.68 in | 87.2°F | 65.7°F | 4.15 in |
| August | 85.2°F | 63.0°F | 3.96 in | 85.1°F | 63.3°F | 3.85 in |
| September | 78.5°F | 53.4°F | 3.19 in | 78.4°F | 53.9°F | 2.25 in |
| October | 65.4°F | 40.9°F | 2.40 in | 65.5°F | 41.0°F | 2.36 in |
| November | 49.8°F | 28.1°F | 1.42 in | 51.0°F | 28.6°F | 1.37 in |
| December | 37.1°F | 18.4°F | 1.29 in | 38.7°F | 19.8°F | 0.97 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 →