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 →