Climate twins of Lake Lafayette, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lake Lafayette'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: Lake Lafayette vs its climate twin
Top match: Stoutsville, MO
| Month | Lake Lafayette | Stoutsville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.1°F | 18.1°F | 1.36 in | 36.0°F | 17.6°F | 1.82 in |
| February | 43.3°F | 22.4°F | 1.78 in | 39.9°F | 21.2°F | 2.01 in |
| March | 54.4°F | 32.4°F | 2.93 in | 52.0°F | 31.5°F | 2.92 in |
| April | 64.6°F | 42.4°F | 4.41 in | 63.9°F | 41.9°F | 4.28 in |
| May | 74.3°F | 53.0°F | 5.29 in | 73.1°F | 53.6°F | 5.04 in |
| June | 83.2°F | 62.6°F | 5.21 in | 82.5°F | 62.8°F | 5.36 in |
| July | 87.7°F | 66.6°F | 5.57 in | 86.2°F | 66.2°F | 4.58 in |
| August | 86.7°F | 64.6°F | 4.43 in | 85.0°F | 63.6°F | 3.77 in |
| September | 79.1°F | 55.9°F | 3.92 in | 78.9°F | 54.8°F | 3.92 in |
| October | 67.5°F | 43.7°F | 3.44 in | 66.7°F | 44.0°F | 3.30 in |
| November | 53.7°F | 32.6°F | 2.66 in | 52.7°F | 32.2°F | 2.65 in |
| December | 42.4°F | 22.9°F | 1.85 in | 40.7°F | 23.2°F | 2.04 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 →