Climate twins of Bates City, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bates City'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: Bates City vs its climate twin
Top match: Shelbyville, MO
| Month | Bates City | Shelbyville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.1°F | 18.1°F | 1.36 in | 35.7°F | 17.1°F | 1.77 in |
| February | 43.3°F | 22.4°F | 1.78 in | 40.9°F | 20.8°F | 2.06 in |
| March | 54.4°F | 32.4°F | 2.93 in | 52.7°F | 30.6°F | 2.88 in |
| April | 64.6°F | 42.4°F | 4.41 in | 64.4°F | 41.0°F | 4.25 in |
| May | 74.3°F | 53.0°F | 5.29 in | 73.7°F | 52.3°F | 5.26 in |
| June | 83.2°F | 62.6°F | 5.21 in | 82.9°F | 61.9°F | 5.29 in |
| July | 87.7°F | 66.6°F | 5.57 in | 86.6°F | 65.6°F | 4.53 in |
| August | 86.7°F | 64.6°F | 4.43 in | 85.0°F | 62.9°F | 4.22 in |
| September | 79.1°F | 55.9°F | 3.92 in | 78.8°F | 53.9°F | 3.90 in |
| October | 67.5°F | 43.7°F | 3.44 in | 66.8°F | 42.7°F | 3.29 in |
| November | 53.7°F | 32.6°F | 2.66 in | 52.4°F | 31.2°F | 2.64 in |
| December | 42.4°F | 22.9°F | 1.85 in | 40.2°F | 22.5°F | 1.99 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 →