Climate twins of Winona, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Winona'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: Winona vs its climate twin
Top match: Arriba, CO
| Month | Winona | Arriba | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 44.3°F | 18.1°F | 0.30 in | 45.0°F | 17.1°F | 0.34 in |
| February | 47.5°F | 19.2°F | 0.45 in | 46.9°F | 19.1°F | 0.31 in |
| March | 58.1°F | 27.6°F | 0.85 in | 56.6°F | 27.0°F | 0.80 in |
| April | 65.4°F | 35.6°F | 1.57 in | 63.7°F | 34.5°F | 1.37 in |
| May | 75.2°F | 46.7°F | 2.65 in | 73.0°F | 44.4°F | 2.47 in |
| June | 86.3°F | 58.4°F | 2.76 in | 84.7°F | 53.9°F | 2.64 in |
| July | 91.0°F | 64.1°F | 3.64 in | 89.1°F | 59.5°F | 3.06 in |
| August | 88.2°F | 61.8°F | 3.13 in | 86.8°F | 58.0°F | 2.71 in |
| September | 81.1°F | 53.1°F | 1.58 in | 79.1°F | 49.3°F | 1.24 in |
| October | 68.6°F | 39.6°F | 1.41 in | 65.8°F | 36.0°F | 0.90 in |
| November | 54.9°F | 27.2°F | 0.64 in | 53.7°F | 25.5°F | 0.29 in |
| December | 44.7°F | 18.6°F | 0.49 in | 43.8°F | 17.0°F | 0.37 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 →