Climate twins of Yates Center, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Yates Center'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: Yates Center vs its climate twin
Top match: Warrensburg, MO
| Month | Yates Center | Warrensburg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.0°F | 20.6°F | 1.07 in | 40.4°F | 18.4°F | 1.18 in |
| February | 47.4°F | 24.2°F | 1.63 in | 45.1°F | 22.2°F | 1.80 in |
| March | 57.3°F | 33.1°F | 2.67 in | 56.7°F | 32.0°F | 3.01 in |
| April | 66.9°F | 43.2°F | 4.12 in | 67.2°F | 42.3°F | 4.32 in |
| May | 75.2°F | 54.5°F | 5.89 in | 76.4°F | 53.4°F | 5.52 in |
| June | 84.6°F | 63.9°F | 5.47 in | 85.0°F | 62.8°F | 5.36 in |
| July | 89.3°F | 68.3°F | 5.04 in | 89.8°F | 66.8°F | 4.91 in |
| August | 88.8°F | 66.3°F | 3.75 in | 88.8°F | 64.7°F | 4.08 in |
| September | 81.2°F | 57.9°F | 4.37 in | 81.3°F | 55.4°F | 4.12 in |
| October | 69.6°F | 46.0°F | 3.73 in | 69.4°F | 43.4°F | 3.31 in |
| November | 56.8°F | 33.9°F | 2.26 in | 55.9°F | 32.6°F | 2.55 in |
| December | 45.1°F | 24.6°F | 1.81 in | 44.7°F | 23.1°F | 1.95 in |
Cities that consider Yates Center their climate twin
These US cities have Yates Center in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Yates Center would feel familiar.
- Warrensburg, MO (ranks Yates Center #1)
- Tightwad, MO (ranks Yates Center #1)
- Gerster, MO (ranks Yates Center #1)
- Lowry City, MO (ranks Yates Center #1)
- Osceola, MO (ranks Yates Center #1)
- Vista, MO (ranks Yates Center #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 →