Climate twins of Doolittle, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Doolittle'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: Doolittle vs its climate twin
Top match: Carlyle, IL
| Month | Doolittle | Carlyle | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 40.9°F | 22.4°F | 2.73 in | 39.1°F | 21.5°F | 3.05 in |
| February | 46.1°F | 26.2°F | 2.49 in | 44.8°F | 24.9°F | 2.45 in |
| March | 56.0°F | 34.8°F | 4.14 in | 54.8°F | 34.5°F | 3.67 in |
| April | 67.2°F | 45.4°F | 4.90 in | 66.6°F | 44.8°F | 4.90 in |
| May | 75.9°F | 55.7°F | 5.48 in | 75.9°F | 55.9°F | 5.23 in |
| June | 84.1°F | 64.6°F | 4.37 in | 84.8°F | 64.9°F | 4.87 in |
| July | 88.9°F | 68.7°F | 4.74 in | 88.3°F | 68.1°F | 4.24 in |
| August | 88.1°F | 67.1°F | 4.52 in | 87.4°F | 66.2°F | 3.59 in |
| September | 80.4°F | 58.9°F | 4.00 in | 81.0°F | 58.1°F | 3.65 in |
| October | 69.1°F | 47.3°F | 3.26 in | 69.5°F | 46.3°F | 3.39 in |
| November | 55.7°F | 36.4°F | 3.92 in | 55.1°F | 35.5°F | 3.72 in |
| December | 44.8°F | 27.2°F | 2.83 in | 43.3°F | 26.3°F | 3.10 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 →