Climate twins of Stockton, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Stockton'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: Stockton vs its climate twin
Top match: Lincoln, NE
| Month | Stockton | Lincoln | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.8°F | 16.2°F | 0.61 in | 35.6°F | 14.4°F | 0.73 in |
| February | 46.7°F | 18.4°F | 0.65 in | 40.6°F | 18.4°F | 0.89 in |
| March | 58.9°F | 27.3°F | 1.26 in | 53.6°F | 28.7°F | 1.55 in |
| April | 68.2°F | 36.8°F | 2.21 in | 64.8°F | 39.2°F | 2.69 in |
| May | 77.3°F | 48.1°F | 4.31 in | 75.0°F | 51.2°F | 4.91 in |
| June | 88.3°F | 59.0°F | 3.15 in | 85.2°F | 62.1°F | 4.48 in |
| July | 93.6°F | 64.4°F | 3.85 in | 89.4°F | 66.7°F | 3.25 in |
| August | 91.2°F | 62.2°F | 3.54 in | 87.2°F | 64.1°F | 3.32 in |
| September | 83.5°F | 53.0°F | 2.29 in | 80.1°F | 54.3°F | 2.90 in |
| October | 70.1°F | 39.3°F | 1.65 in | 66.6°F | 41.0°F | 2.14 in |
| November | 56.5°F | 27.3°F | 1.01 in | 51.7°F | 28.0°F | 1.30 in |
| December | 44.6°F | 19.5°F | 0.85 in | 39.4°F | 18.2°F | 1.18 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 →