Climate twins of Laclede, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Laclede'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: Laclede vs its climate twin
Top match: Prairie City, IL
| Month | Laclede | Prairie City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 34.0°F | 16.2°F | 1.19 in | 32.7°F | 16.0°F | 1.91 in |
| February | 39.4°F | 20.7°F | 1.73 in | 37.9°F | 19.0°F | 1.92 in |
| March | 50.9°F | 31.1°F | 2.69 in | 50.5°F | 28.8°F | 2.68 in |
| April | 62.6°F | 42.0°F | 3.53 in | 63.6°F | 39.8°F | 3.79 in |
| May | 72.4°F | 53.0°F | 5.51 in | 73.8°F | 52.0°F | 5.05 in |
| June | 81.2°F | 62.5°F | 5.29 in | 82.4°F | 61.6°F | 4.82 in |
| July | 85.6°F | 66.3°F | 5.13 in | 85.7°F | 64.4°F | 4.10 in |
| August | 84.2°F | 64.0°F | 3.21 in | 83.5°F | 62.5°F | 3.21 in |
| September | 77.0°F | 55.2°F | 4.45 in | 78.0°F | 54.9°F | 3.77 in |
| October | 64.7°F | 43.1°F | 3.00 in | 66.0°F | 43.0°F | 2.99 in |
| November | 50.7°F | 31.6°F | 2.29 in | 50.2°F | 30.8°F | 2.42 in |
| December | 38.9°F | 22.3°F | 1.40 in | 38.1°F | 21.7°F | 1.80 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 →