Climate twins of Basco, IL

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Basco'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.

Rank 1 closest
Dover, MO
similarity distance: 0.738 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Corder, MO
similarity distance: 0.738 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Aullville, MO
similarity distance: 0.738 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Basco vs its climate twin

Top match: Dover, MO

Month Basco Dover
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 33.9°F 17.7°F 1.67 in 36.4°F 18.4°F 1.37 in
February 38.9°F 21.7°F 1.98 in 41.6°F 22.5°F 1.77 in
March 50.9°F 31.9°F 2.57 in 53.1°F 32.5°F 2.84 in
April 63.4°F 42.1°F 4.11 in 63.6°F 43.1°F 4.24 in
May 73.7°F 53.4°F 5.28 in 73.6°F 54.5°F 5.30 in
June 83.0°F 63.2°F 4.85 in 82.8°F 63.9°F 4.88 in
July 86.3°F 66.5°F 4.29 in 86.7°F 67.6°F 5.04 in
August 84.9°F 63.8°F 4.19 in 85.5°F 65.3°F 3.94 in
September 78.8°F 55.5°F 3.67 in 78.5°F 56.5°F 4.04 in
October 66.0°F 44.1°F 3.16 in 66.5°F 44.5°F 3.16 in
November 51.3°F 32.8°F 2.45 in 52.3°F 33.2°F 2.46 in
December 39.1°F 23.6°F 1.89 in 40.6°F 23.4°F 1.83 in

Cities that consider Basco their climate twin

These US cities have Basco in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Basco would feel familiar.

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 →