Climate twins of Houston Lake, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Houston Lake'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: Houston Lake vs its climate twin
Top match: Leon, KS
| Month | Houston Lake | Leon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.9°F | 22.2°F | 1.02 in | 44.1°F | 20.2°F | 0.89 in |
| February | 45.1°F | 26.4°F | 1.53 in | 48.9°F | 23.4°F | 1.45 in |
| March | 56.6°F | 36.2°F | 2.08 in | 58.9°F | 32.8°F | 2.53 in |
| April | 66.8°F | 46.3°F | 3.89 in | 68.4°F | 43.1°F | 3.41 in |
| May | 76.2°F | 57.2°F | 5.10 in | 76.9°F | 54.5°F | 5.77 in |
| June | 85.8°F | 67.2°F | 5.33 in | 86.3°F | 64.2°F | 5.64 in |
| July | 90.2°F | 71.9°F | 4.38 in | 91.3°F | 68.8°F | 4.42 in |
| August | 88.6°F | 69.9°F | 4.68 in | 90.3°F | 66.8°F | 4.59 in |
| September | 80.4°F | 61.0°F | 3.78 in | 82.7°F | 58.2°F | 3.64 in |
| October | 68.2°F | 48.7°F | 3.24 in | 71.1°F | 45.2°F | 3.29 in |
| November | 54.5°F | 36.3°F | 1.80 in | 57.8°F | 33.1°F | 1.74 in |
| December | 43.9°F | 26.7°F | 1.30 in | 46.4°F | 23.7°F | 1.30 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 →