Climate twins of Wellsville, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Wellsville'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: Wellsville vs its climate twin
Top match: Rothville, MO
| Month | Wellsville | Rothville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.2°F | 18.5°F | 1.05 in | 36.1°F | 17.7°F | 1.50 in |
| February | 44.4°F | 22.5°F | 1.58 in | 41.6°F | 21.5°F | 1.82 in |
| March | 55.4°F | 32.9°F | 2.47 in | 53.6°F | 31.9°F | 2.90 in |
| April | 65.4°F | 43.2°F | 3.85 in | 64.9°F | 42.2°F | 3.95 in |
| May | 74.6°F | 54.9°F | 5.59 in | 74.4°F | 53.5°F | 5.53 in |
| June | 83.7°F | 64.4°F | 5.34 in | 83.3°F | 63.4°F | 5.49 in |
| July | 88.3°F | 68.6°F | 3.96 in | 87.3°F | 67.4°F | 4.92 in |
| August | 87.8°F | 66.5°F | 4.31 in | 86.1°F | 64.9°F | 4.37 in |
| September | 80.0°F | 57.9°F | 4.95 in | 78.9°F | 56.3°F | 3.99 in |
| October | 68.2°F | 45.1°F | 3.20 in | 67.3°F | 44.5°F | 3.43 in |
| November | 54.2°F | 33.4°F | 2.12 in | 52.8°F | 32.7°F | 2.52 in |
| December | 42.8°F | 24.0°F | 1.50 in | 40.7°F | 22.9°F | 1.80 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 →