Climate twins of Speed, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Speed'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: Speed vs its climate twin
Top match: Haviland, KS
| Month | Speed | Haviland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.8°F | 16.3°F | 0.49 in | 43.2°F | 19.3°F | 0.71 in |
| February | 43.5°F | 19.1°F | 0.86 in | 47.4°F | 22.0°F | 0.81 in |
| March | 55.7°F | 28.1°F | 1.52 in | 57.5°F | 30.4°F | 1.92 in |
| April | 65.2°F | 37.0°F | 2.44 in | 66.9°F | 39.3°F | 2.41 in |
| May | 75.3°F | 49.1°F | 4.34 in | 76.3°F | 50.9°F | 3.39 in |
| June | 87.3°F | 60.7°F | 3.02 in | 86.1°F | 61.1°F | 3.87 in |
| July | 92.5°F | 66.0°F | 4.04 in | 91.8°F | 66.3°F | 3.16 in |
| August | 90.2°F | 64.0°F | 3.13 in | 89.7°F | 64.4°F | 3.46 in |
| September | 81.9°F | 54.1°F | 1.69 in | 82.0°F | 55.7°F | 2.04 in |
| October | 68.0°F | 40.4°F | 2.09 in | 69.6°F | 42.4°F | 2.28 in |
| November | 53.9°F | 27.8°F | 1.08 in | 55.9°F | 30.0°F | 0.96 in |
| December | 41.8°F | 18.2°F | 0.93 in | 44.8°F | 21.6°F | 0.96 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 →