Climate twins of Hopkins, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hopkins'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: Hopkins vs its climate twin
Top match: Unionville, IA
| Month | Hopkins | Unionville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.9°F | 12.4°F | 1.08 in | 31.3°F | 12.7°F | 1.09 in |
| February | 37.1°F | 16.3°F | 1.49 in | 36.6°F | 15.6°F | 1.49 in |
| March | 49.9°F | 27.6°F | 2.42 in | 49.6°F | 27.9°F | 2.03 in |
| April | 62.0°F | 38.2°F | 3.60 in | 61.8°F | 38.7°F | 3.93 in |
| May | 72.0°F | 50.5°F | 5.27 in | 71.4°F | 51.3°F | 5.36 in |
| June | 81.6°F | 61.1°F | 5.54 in | 80.9°F | 61.4°F | 5.24 in |
| July | 85.6°F | 65.4°F | 4.64 in | 85.0°F | 65.6°F | 4.57 in |
| August | 84.0°F | 63.1°F | 4.32 in | 83.5°F | 63.5°F | 4.62 in |
| September | 77.1°F | 53.7°F | 3.38 in | 76.6°F | 53.8°F | 3.81 in |
| October | 64.7°F | 40.9°F | 2.97 in | 64.6°F | 42.0°F | 2.93 in |
| November | 49.4°F | 28.5°F | 2.13 in | 49.7°F | 29.4°F | 2.04 in |
| December | 36.8°F | 18.4°F | 1.59 in | 37.2°F | 19.1°F | 1.46 in |
Cities that consider Hopkins their climate twin
These US cities have Hopkins in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Hopkins would feel familiar.
- Unionville, IA (ranks Hopkins #1)
- Worthington, MO (ranks Hopkins #1)
- Leighton, IA (ranks Hopkins #2)
- Livonia, MO (ranks Hopkins #1)
- Novinger, MO (ranks Hopkins #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 →