Climate twins of St. George, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches St. George'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. George vs its climate twin
Top match: Waterloo, NE
| Month | St. George | Waterloo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.3°F | 17.7°F | 0.69 in | 32.9°F | 15.3°F | 0.85 in |
| February | 45.0°F | 21.2°F | 1.16 in | 37.5°F | 18.9°F | 1.03 in |
| March | 56.0°F | 30.9°F | 2.09 in | 50.4°F | 29.9°F | 1.78 in |
| April | 66.6°F | 41.5°F | 3.50 in | 62.4°F | 40.9°F | 3.11 in |
| May | 75.8°F | 53.3°F | 5.11 in | 72.9°F | 53.1°F | 4.74 in |
| June | 84.7°F | 63.4°F | 5.19 in | 82.9°F | 64.0°F | 5.29 in |
| July | 89.8°F | 68.2°F | 4.66 in | 86.5°F | 68.1°F | 3.97 in |
| August | 88.5°F | 65.3°F | 4.11 in | 84.3°F | 65.3°F | 4.30 in |
| September | 81.0°F | 56.3°F | 2.86 in | 78.1°F | 56.0°F | 3.02 in |
| October | 69.1°F | 43.3°F | 2.41 in | 65.1°F | 43.2°F | 2.37 in |
| November | 54.8°F | 31.2°F | 1.67 in | 49.9°F | 30.6°F | 1.37 in |
| December | 42.7°F | 21.7°F | 1.28 in | 36.9°F | 20.3°F | 1.32 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 →