Climate twins of Kirksville, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Kirksville'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: Kirksville vs its climate twin
Top match: Sheridan, MO
| Month | Kirksville | Sheridan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 33.6°F | 15.1°F | 1.39 in | 32.6°F | 13.5°F | 0.90 in |
| February | 38.4°F | 19.0°F | 2.01 in | 38.5°F | 17.8°F | 1.36 in |
| March | 50.5°F | 29.2°F | 2.67 in | 51.4°F | 28.9°F | 2.21 in |
| April | 62.4°F | 39.5°F | 4.09 in | 62.5°F | 39.9°F | 3.73 in |
| May | 72.1°F | 51.2°F | 5.79 in | 71.3°F | 50.7°F | 5.56 in |
| June | 81.4°F | 61.3°F | 5.94 in | 81.6°F | 61.8°F | 5.29 in |
| July | 85.7°F | 65.5°F | 4.85 in | 85.9°F | 66.6°F | 4.78 in |
| August | 84.3°F | 63.3°F | 4.16 in | 84.4°F | 63.4°F | 4.32 in |
| September | 77.0°F | 54.3°F | 4.18 in | 77.0°F | 54.4°F | 3.65 in |
| October | 64.6°F | 42.9°F | 3.29 in | 64.7°F | 41.8°F | 2.99 in |
| November | 50.7°F | 30.7°F | 2.32 in | 49.9°F | 29.0°F | 1.97 in |
| December | 38.6°F | 21.1°F | 1.78 in | 37.6°F | 19.4°F | 1.50 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 →