Climate twins of Des Arc, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Des Arc'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: Des Arc vs its climate twin
Top match: Henderson, KY
| Month | Des Arc | Henderson | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.3°F | 23.0°F | 3.40 in | 41.6°F | 23.9°F | 3.64 in |
| February | 48.4°F | 27.0°F | 3.24 in | 47.1°F | 27.5°F | 3.11 in |
| March | 58.3°F | 34.8°F | 4.69 in | 57.0°F | 35.4°F | 4.81 in |
| April | 69.2°F | 44.3°F | 5.30 in | 69.0°F | 45.9°F | 5.12 in |
| May | 77.1°F | 54.4°F | 5.05 in | 76.7°F | 56.0°F | 5.01 in |
| June | 85.3°F | 63.3°F | 3.91 in | 85.1°F | 64.7°F | 3.65 in |
| July | 89.4°F | 67.7°F | 4.64 in | 87.5°F | 67.2°F | 4.12 in |
| August | 88.0°F | 65.6°F | 3.25 in | 87.5°F | 65.3°F | 3.22 in |
| September | 80.3°F | 57.1°F | 3.84 in | 81.7°F | 57.0°F | 3.48 in |
| October | 70.1°F | 44.8°F | 3.44 in | 70.3°F | 46.4°F | 3.45 in |
| November | 57.1°F | 34.8°F | 4.61 in | 56.6°F | 35.5°F | 3.97 in |
| December | 45.9°F | 27.2°F | 3.36 in | 45.5°F | 28.5°F | 3.98 in |
Cities that consider Des Arc their climate twin
These US cities have Des Arc in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Des Arc would feel familiar.
- Diamond City, AR (ranks Des Arc #2)
- Lead Hill, AR (ranks Des Arc #2)
- Pyatt, AR (ranks Des Arc #2)
- South Lead Hill, AR (ranks Des Arc #2)
- Zinc, AR (ranks Des Arc #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 →