Climate twins of Hardin, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hardin'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: Hardin vs its climate twin
Top match: Rush Hill, MO
| Month | Hardin | Rush Hill | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.2°F | 20.2°F | 1.76 in | 37.6°F | 19.3°F | 2.03 in |
| February | 44.0°F | 23.4°F | 1.99 in | 42.7°F | 22.9°F | 2.31 in |
| March | 55.4°F | 33.3°F | 3.11 in | 54.2°F | 31.8°F | 3.17 in |
| April | 65.4°F | 43.7°F | 4.42 in | 65.9°F | 42.9°F | 4.68 in |
| May | 74.8°F | 54.2°F | 5.58 in | 75.1°F | 53.5°F | 5.07 in |
| June | 84.9°F | 63.9°F | 5.10 in | 83.9°F | 62.8°F | 5.23 in |
| July | 88.1°F | 68.1°F | 5.14 in | 87.9°F | 67.3°F | 4.43 in |
| August | 86.9°F | 65.8°F | 4.32 in | 86.6°F | 65.0°F | 3.90 in |
| September | 80.4°F | 56.6°F | 4.36 in | 79.4°F | 56.4°F | 4.86 in |
| October | 68.6°F | 44.9°F | 3.20 in | 67.6°F | 44.5°F | 2.81 in |
| November | 54.2°F | 34.3°F | 2.43 in | 54.3°F | 33.7°F | 2.75 in |
| December | 43.3°F | 25.1°F | 1.86 in | 41.9°F | 24.1°F | 2.28 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 →