Climate twins of Gideon, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Gideon'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: Gideon vs its climate twin
Top match: Oak Grove, KY
| Month | Gideon | Oak Grove | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.7°F | 27.8°F | 3.45 in | 46.2°F | 27.7°F | 3.28 in |
| February | 47.7°F | 31.3°F | 3.75 in | 50.8°F | 30.6°F | 3.87 in |
| March | 56.9°F | 39.8°F | 4.50 in | 60.0°F | 37.9°F | 4.32 in |
| April | 67.9°F | 49.4°F | 5.39 in | 70.0°F | 46.7°F | 4.55 in |
| May | 77.5°F | 59.9°F | 5.51 in | 77.8°F | 56.7°F | 4.90 in |
| June | 85.8°F | 68.3°F | 3.73 in | 85.6°F | 64.4°F | 3.65 in |
| July | 88.3°F | 71.1°F | 3.71 in | 88.5°F | 67.9°F | 3.74 in |
| August | 86.8°F | 68.8°F | 2.64 in | 88.7°F | 66.2°F | 2.90 in |
| September | 80.8°F | 61.4°F | 3.43 in | 82.4°F | 58.7°F | 3.47 in |
| October | 70.9°F | 49.6°F | 3.96 in | 71.5°F | 47.1°F | 4.13 in |
| November | 57.0°F | 39.9°F | 4.29 in | 59.0°F | 37.2°F | 4.04 in |
| December | 46.5°F | 31.6°F | 4.45 in | 48.9°F | 31.0°F | 4.36 in |
Cities that consider Gideon their climate twin
These US cities have Gideon in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Gideon would feel familiar.
- Oak Grove, KY (ranks Gideon #3)
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 →