Climate twins of Wilson, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Wilson'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: Wilson vs its climate twin
Top match: Chapman, NE
| Month | Wilson | Chapman | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 41.8°F | 18.6°F | 0.59 in | 36.1°F | 15.6°F | 0.61 in |
| February | 45.9°F | 21.3°F | 0.78 in | 40.4°F | 19.1°F | 0.74 in |
| March | 57.2°F | 30.5°F | 1.29 in | 52.6°F | 28.8°F | 1.39 in |
| April | 66.5°F | 39.7°F | 2.31 in | 63.3°F | 38.6°F | 2.52 in |
| May | 76.0°F | 51.5°F | 4.17 in | 73.4°F | 50.5°F | 4.70 in |
| June | 86.8°F | 62.5°F | 3.45 in | 84.4°F | 61.1°F | 4.01 in |
| July | 92.3°F | 67.3°F | 3.87 in | 88.1°F | 65.8°F | 3.51 in |
| August | 89.9°F | 65.1°F | 3.90 in | 85.8°F | 63.5°F | 3.20 in |
| September | 82.2°F | 56.1°F | 2.28 in | 79.3°F | 53.9°F | 2.00 in |
| October | 69.8°F | 42.7°F | 1.71 in | 65.6°F | 40.6°F | 1.99 in |
| November | 55.9°F | 30.7°F | 0.98 in | 51.1°F | 28.1°F | 1.10 in |
| December | 43.9°F | 22.1°F | 0.89 in | 38.9°F | 18.9°F | 0.84 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 →