Climate twins of Camden, MO

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

Top match: Paris, MO

Month Camden Paris
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 37.5°F 14.9°F 1.28 in 35.7°F 17.1°F 1.77 in
February 42.4°F 19.9°F 1.64 in 40.9°F 20.8°F 2.06 in
March 53.9°F 29.9°F 2.73 in 52.7°F 30.6°F 2.88 in
April 64.8°F 39.8°F 4.12 in 64.4°F 41.0°F 4.25 in
May 74.4°F 51.2°F 6.31 in 73.7°F 52.3°F 5.26 in
June 83.2°F 61.3°F 5.38 in 82.9°F 61.9°F 5.29 in
July 87.2°F 66.1°F 4.92 in 86.6°F 65.6°F 4.53 in
August 85.7°F 62.5°F 4.18 in 85.0°F 62.9°F 4.22 in
September 78.6°F 54.4°F 4.04 in 78.8°F 53.9°F 3.90 in
October 67.2°F 41.4°F 3.35 in 66.8°F 42.7°F 3.29 in
November 53.1°F 29.9°F 2.41 in 52.4°F 31.2°F 2.64 in
December 41.6°F 20.6°F 1.70 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 →