Climate twins of Gentry, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Gentry'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: Gentry vs its climate twin
Top match: Pulaski, IA
| Month | Gentry | Pulaski | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 34.7°F | 14.4°F | 1.07 in | 31.9°F | 14.8°F | 1.23 in |
| February | 40.0°F | 18.7°F | 1.15 in | 36.8°F | 18.5°F | 1.60 in |
| March | 52.5°F | 29.3°F | 2.10 in | 49.5°F | 29.5°F | 2.23 in |
| April | 63.4°F | 39.6°F | 3.64 in | 61.9°F | 40.5°F | 3.70 in |
| May | 74.0°F | 51.8°F | 5.68 in | 72.0°F | 52.2°F | 5.51 in |
| June | 83.8°F | 62.1°F | 5.71 in | 81.2°F | 62.2°F | 5.36 in |
| July | 88.1°F | 66.6°F | 4.06 in | 85.5°F | 66.3°F | 4.45 in |
| August | 87.0°F | 63.8°F | 3.95 in | 84.1°F | 63.9°F | 4.74 in |
| September | 79.4°F | 54.8°F | 4.07 in | 77.1°F | 54.9°F | 3.95 in |
| October | 67.0°F | 42.2°F | 2.72 in | 64.4°F | 43.2°F | 2.70 in |
| November | 52.1°F | 29.8°F | 1.83 in | 49.6°F | 31.1°F | 2.12 in |
| December | 39.3°F | 20.2°F | 1.50 in | 37.0°F | 20.7°F | 1.51 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 →