Climate twins of Chouteau, OK

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

Top match: Preston, MO

Month Chouteau Preston
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 47.0°F 25.1°F 1.99 in 42.3°F 23.0°F 1.84 in
February 52.9°F 28.5°F 2.01 in 47.8°F 25.5°F 2.11 in
March 60.9°F 37.3°F 3.17 in 57.4°F 35.0°F 3.15 in
April 70.7°F 46.2°F 4.67 in 67.2°F 44.9°F 4.89 in
May 78.6°F 56.6°F 5.46 in 75.4°F 55.5°F 5.64 in
June 86.6°F 65.6°F 4.92 in 84.0°F 64.8°F 4.92 in
July 91.2°F 69.6°F 4.59 in 88.7°F 69.1°F 4.54 in
August 92.1°F 67.9°F 3.63 in 88.0°F 67.1°F 3.99 in
September 83.5°F 60.0°F 4.36 in 80.2°F 58.8°F 4.16 in
October 73.0°F 47.0°F 3.66 in 70.0°F 47.1°F 3.62 in
November 61.0°F 37.1°F 3.73 in 56.5°F 36.2°F 3.26 in
December 50.5°F 27.6°F 2.54 in 45.9°F 27.5°F 2.28 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 →