Climate twins of Springfield, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Springfield'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: Springfield vs its climate twin
Top match: Giltner, NE
| Month | Springfield | Giltner | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.4°F | 14.0°F | 0.89 in | 35.7°F | 14.6°F | 0.69 in |
| February | 37.4°F | 17.5°F | 1.18 in | 39.6°F | 18.4°F | 0.81 in |
| March | 50.0°F | 28.3°F | 1.94 in | 52.1°F | 28.1°F | 1.58 in |
| April | 62.0°F | 38.5°F | 3.28 in | 62.9°F | 38.1°F | 2.97 in |
| May | 72.4°F | 50.7°F | 4.99 in | 72.9°F | 50.6°F | 5.11 in |
| June | 82.7°F | 61.8°F | 5.37 in | 83.4°F | 61.2°F | 4.89 in |
| July | 85.9°F | 65.8°F | 3.48 in | 86.5°F | 64.9°F | 2.80 in |
| August | 83.9°F | 63.5°F | 3.83 in | 84.5°F | 62.8°F | 3.84 in |
| September | 77.3°F | 54.3°F | 2.92 in | 78.1°F | 53.0°F | 2.48 in |
| October | 64.4°F | 41.5°F | 2.56 in | 66.0°F | 40.2°F | 2.66 in |
| November | 49.2°F | 28.7°F | 1.35 in | 51.3°F | 28.0°F | 1.49 in |
| December | 36.5°F | 18.7°F | 1.38 in | 38.6°F | 18.6°F | 1.13 in |
Cities that consider Springfield their climate twin
These US cities have Springfield in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Springfield would feel familiar.
- Giltner, NE (ranks Springfield #1)
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 →