Climate twins of Ulysses, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ulysses'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: Ulysses vs its climate twin
Top match: St. Francis, KS
| Month | Ulysses | St. Francis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 45.6°F | 16.2°F | 0.43 in | 43.4°F | 15.3°F | 0.38 in |
| February | 49.8°F | 19.3°F | 0.32 in | 46.1°F | 17.6°F | 0.44 in |
| March | 59.7°F | 27.1°F | 1.08 in | 56.5°F | 26.3°F | 0.72 in |
| April | 68.2°F | 36.0°F | 1.51 in | 64.5°F | 34.8°F | 1.63 in |
| May | 78.2°F | 47.0°F | 1.96 in | 74.1°F | 45.9°F | 2.43 in |
| June | 88.6°F | 58.6°F | 2.59 in | 86.2°F | 57.1°F | 2.42 in |
| July | 92.8°F | 63.4°F | 2.88 in | 91.7°F | 62.6°F | 2.89 in |
| August | 90.4°F | 61.8°F | 2.87 in | 89.3°F | 60.3°F | 2.92 in |
| September | 83.5°F | 52.9°F | 1.34 in | 81.5°F | 50.3°F | 1.49 in |
| October | 70.8°F | 38.7°F | 1.60 in | 67.9°F | 35.9°F | 1.29 in |
| November | 57.2°F | 26.2°F | 0.49 in | 54.5°F | 24.4°F | 0.50 in |
| December | 46.5°F | 17.5°F | 0.69 in | 44.5°F | 16.2°F | 0.45 in |
Cities that consider Ulysses their climate twin
These US cities have Ulysses in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Ulysses would feel familiar.
- St. Francis, KS (ranks Ulysses #3)
- La Junta, CO (ranks Ulysses #1)
- Rocky Ford, CO (ranks Ulysses #1)
- Swink, CO (ranks Ulysses #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 →