Climate twins of Breckenridge, MO

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Breckenridge'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: Breckenridge vs its climate twin

Top match: West Point, IL

Month Breckenridge West Point
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 35.2°F 15.6°F 1.10 in 33.9°F 17.7°F 1.67 in
February 40.2°F 19.6°F 1.64 in 38.9°F 21.7°F 1.98 in
March 52.3°F 30.0°F 2.81 in 50.9°F 31.9°F 2.57 in
April 63.3°F 40.2°F 3.99 in 63.4°F 42.1°F 4.11 in
May 73.1°F 51.7°F 5.78 in 73.7°F 53.4°F 5.28 in
June 82.3°F 61.7°F 4.96 in 83.0°F 63.2°F 4.85 in
July 86.8°F 66.0°F 3.86 in 86.3°F 66.5°F 4.29 in
August 85.5°F 63.7°F 4.27 in 84.9°F 63.8°F 4.19 in
September 78.0°F 54.1°F 4.25 in 78.8°F 55.5°F 3.67 in
October 65.9°F 41.9°F 3.29 in 66.0°F 44.1°F 3.16 in
November 51.5°F 30.3°F 2.25 in 51.3°F 32.8°F 2.45 in
December 39.8°F 20.1°F 1.72 in 39.1°F 23.6°F 1.89 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 →