Climate twins of St. Francis, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches St. Francis'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: St. Francis vs its climate twin
Top match: Springfield, CO
| Month | St. Francis | Springfield | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.4°F | 15.3°F | 0.38 in | 47.8°F | 17.2°F | 0.30 in |
| February | 46.1°F | 17.6°F | 0.44 in | 49.8°F | 19.3°F | 0.32 in |
| March | 56.5°F | 26.3°F | 0.72 in | 59.0°F | 26.6°F | 0.91 in |
| April | 64.5°F | 34.8°F | 1.63 in | 66.1°F | 34.4°F | 1.33 in |
| May | 74.1°F | 45.9°F | 2.43 in | 75.8°F | 44.8°F | 1.75 in |
| June | 86.2°F | 57.1°F | 2.42 in | 87.0°F | 55.4°F | 1.85 in |
| July | 91.7°F | 62.6°F | 2.89 in | 90.5°F | 60.6°F | 2.81 in |
| August | 89.3°F | 60.3°F | 2.92 in | 87.8°F | 59.3°F | 2.53 in |
| September | 81.5°F | 50.3°F | 1.49 in | 81.0°F | 51.1°F | 1.38 in |
| October | 67.9°F | 35.9°F | 1.29 in | 68.8°F | 36.9°F | 1.02 in |
| November | 54.5°F | 24.4°F | 0.50 in | 56.7°F | 25.3°F | 0.43 in |
| December | 44.5°F | 16.2°F | 0.45 in | 46.8°F | 17.9°F | 0.58 in |
Cities that consider St. Francis their climate twin
These US cities have St. Francis in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, St. Francis would feel familiar.
- Pritchett, CO (ranks St. Francis #1)
- Springfield, CO (ranks St. Francis #1)
- Ulysses, KS (ranks St. Francis #1)
- Two Buttes, CO (ranks St. Francis #3)
- Walsh, CO (ranks St. Francis #3)
- Campo, CO (ranks St. Francis #2)
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 →