Climate twins of Dalton, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Dalton'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: Dalton vs its climate twin
Top match: Osage City, KS
| Month | Dalton | Osage City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.1°F | 19.5°F | 1.51 in | 40.4°F | 17.9°F | 0.83 in |
| February | 41.4°F | 23.3°F | 2.03 in | 44.6°F | 21.7°F | 1.72 in |
| March | 53.4°F | 33.3°F | 2.77 in | 56.0°F | 31.6°F | 2.60 in |
| April | 64.5°F | 43.5°F | 3.96 in | 65.4°F | 42.1°F | 4.03 in |
| May | 73.6°F | 54.9°F | 5.45 in | 74.5°F | 53.5°F | 5.58 in |
| June | 82.9°F | 64.6°F | 5.55 in | 84.3°F | 62.8°F | 4.89 in |
| July | 86.8°F | 68.7°F | 4.30 in | 89.3°F | 67.4°F | 4.24 in |
| August | 85.2°F | 66.5°F | 3.85 in | 87.7°F | 64.6°F | 4.35 in |
| September | 78.6°F | 57.7°F | 3.49 in | 79.8°F | 56.1°F | 3.46 in |
| October | 67.0°F | 45.9°F | 3.35 in | 68.8°F | 44.0°F | 3.17 in |
| November | 52.8°F | 34.2°F | 2.36 in | 54.4°F | 31.7°F | 2.35 in |
| December | 40.5°F | 24.3°F | 1.80 in | 43.1°F | 21.2°F | 1.63 in |
Cities that consider Dalton their climate twin
These US cities have Dalton in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Dalton would feel familiar.
- Lyndon, KS (ranks Dalton #2)
- Ottawa, KS (ranks Dalton #2)
- Lawrence, KS (ranks Dalton #2)
- Winchester, KS (ranks Dalton #2)
- McLouth, KS (ranks Dalton #2)
- Oskaloosa, KS (ranks Dalton #2)
- Valley Falls, KS (ranks Dalton #2)
- Ozawkie, KS (ranks Dalton #2)
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 →