Climate twins of Hughesville, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hughesville'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: Hughesville vs its climate twin
Top match: Clarksville, MO
| Month | Hughesville | Clarksville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.6°F | 21.2°F | 1.53 in | 36.5°F | 19.7°F | 2.05 in |
| February | 43.8°F | 25.2°F | 1.68 in | 41.4°F | 23.5°F | 1.73 in |
| March | 55.2°F | 34.5°F | 2.49 in | 52.3°F | 33.0°F | 3.01 in |
| April | 65.4°F | 44.0°F | 3.78 in | 65.0°F | 43.8°F | 4.02 in |
| May | 74.4°F | 54.2°F | 4.68 in | 74.4°F | 54.4°F | 4.60 in |
| June | 83.2°F | 63.5°F | 4.46 in | 83.5°F | 64.2°F | 4.44 in |
| July | 87.3°F | 67.4°F | 4.52 in | 87.3°F | 68.4°F | 3.91 in |
| August | 86.5°F | 65.3°F | 2.84 in | 85.8°F | 66.7°F | 3.53 in |
| September | 78.7°F | 56.9°F | 3.01 in | 79.3°F | 58.2°F | 3.21 in |
| October | 67.1°F | 45.7°F | 3.09 in | 67.1°F | 46.3°F | 2.91 in |
| November | 53.8°F | 34.9°F | 2.45 in | 53.0°F | 34.6°F | 3.00 in |
| December | 42.8°F | 25.7°F | 1.67 in | 41.1°F | 25.1°F | 2.06 in |
Cities that consider Hughesville their climate twin
These US cities have Hughesville in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Hughesville would feel familiar.
- Barry, IL (ranks Hughesville #2)
- Hull, IL (ranks Hughesville #1)
- Kinderhook, IL (ranks Hughesville #1)
- New Canton, IL (ranks Hughesville #1)
- Olpe, KS (ranks Hughesville #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 →