Climate twins of Kingdom City, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Kingdom City'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: Kingdom City vs its climate twin
Top match: Herrick, IL
| Month | Kingdom City | Herrick | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.8°F | 19.6°F | 2.40 in | 35.0°F | 18.9°F | 2.84 in |
| February | 42.3°F | 23.7°F | 2.24 in | 40.2°F | 22.4°F | 2.17 in |
| March | 53.1°F | 32.8°F | 3.14 in | 51.0°F | 31.4°F | 3.11 in |
| April | 64.5°F | 43.0°F | 4.81 in | 63.7°F | 41.6°F | 4.59 in |
| May | 73.1°F | 52.7°F | 5.16 in | 73.4°F | 52.6°F | 4.75 in |
| June | 81.6°F | 61.5°F | 4.51 in | 82.2°F | 61.5°F | 4.57 in |
| July | 85.5°F | 65.8°F | 4.51 in | 85.4°F | 64.6°F | 4.06 in |
| August | 85.1°F | 64.2°F | 4.03 in | 84.5°F | 61.9°F | 3.57 in |
| September | 78.0°F | 56.0°F | 4.19 in | 79.0°F | 53.7°F | 3.16 in |
| October | 66.3°F | 44.1°F | 3.73 in | 66.6°F | 42.4°F | 3.55 in |
| November | 52.6°F | 33.4°F | 3.06 in | 51.6°F | 32.4°F | 3.44 in |
| December | 41.3°F | 24.4°F | 2.48 in | 39.8°F | 24.1°F | 2.68 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 →