Climate twins of Grand Pass, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Grand Pass'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: Grand Pass vs its climate twin
Top match: Osage City, KS
| Month | Grand Pass | Osage City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.3°F | 20.3°F | 1.39 in | 40.4°F | 17.9°F | 0.83 in |
| February | 42.6°F | 23.4°F | 1.77 in | 44.6°F | 21.7°F | 1.72 in |
| March | 54.2°F | 33.6°F | 2.79 in | 56.0°F | 31.6°F | 2.60 in |
| April | 65.0°F | 43.7°F | 3.80 in | 65.4°F | 42.1°F | 4.03 in |
| May | 74.5°F | 54.6°F | 5.29 in | 74.5°F | 53.5°F | 5.58 in |
| June | 83.8°F | 64.2°F | 5.05 in | 84.3°F | 62.8°F | 4.89 in |
| July | 87.3°F | 68.0°F | 4.76 in | 89.3°F | 67.4°F | 4.24 in |
| August | 85.9°F | 66.1°F | 4.24 in | 87.7°F | 64.6°F | 4.35 in |
| September | 79.2°F | 58.2°F | 4.20 in | 79.8°F | 56.1°F | 3.46 in |
| October | 67.5°F | 46.1°F | 3.10 in | 68.8°F | 44.0°F | 3.17 in |
| November | 53.5°F | 34.7°F | 2.47 in | 54.4°F | 31.7°F | 2.35 in |
| December | 41.6°F | 25.4°F | 1.70 in | 43.1°F | 21.2°F | 1.63 in |
Cities that consider Grand Pass their climate twin
These US cities have Grand Pass in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Grand Pass would feel familiar.
- Cottonwood Falls, KS (ranks Grand Pass #1)
- Strong City, KS (ranks Grand Pass #1)
- Olivet, KS (ranks Grand Pass #1)
- Melvern, KS (ranks Grand Pass #1)
- Waverly, KS (ranks Grand Pass #1)
- Ozawkie, KS (ranks Grand Pass #1)
- Valley Falls, KS (ranks Grand Pass #1)
- Burlington, KS (ranks Grand Pass #1)
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 →