Climate twins of Lathrop, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lathrop'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: Lathrop vs its climate twin
Top match: Franklin, IA
| Month | Lathrop | Franklin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 35.1°F | 15.1°F | 1.14 in | 32.8°F | 15.3°F | 1.48 in |
| February | 40.3°F | 19.1°F | 1.30 in | 37.9°F | 18.9°F | 1.89 in |
| March | 52.1°F | 30.7°F | 2.52 in | 50.5°F | 29.4°F | 2.56 in |
| April | 63.4°F | 39.9°F | 3.72 in | 63.3°F | 40.0°F | 3.72 in |
| May | 73.6°F | 52.7°F | 5.30 in | 73.2°F | 52.1°F | 5.01 in |
| June | 83.0°F | 63.1°F | 4.69 in | 83.1°F | 61.8°F | 4.98 in |
| July | 87.3°F | 67.1°F | 4.64 in | 86.4°F | 65.3°F | 4.24 in |
| August | 85.5°F | 64.9°F | 4.22 in | 85.2°F | 63.3°F | 3.88 in |
| September | 78.5°F | 55.5°F | 4.24 in | 78.6°F | 54.3°F | 3.92 in |
| October | 66.2°F | 43.9°F | 2.91 in | 65.4°F | 43.0°F | 3.09 in |
| November | 51.5°F | 31.7°F | 2.66 in | 50.6°F | 31.0°F | 2.50 in |
| December | 39.7°F | 21.2°F | 1.76 in | 37.7°F | 20.9°F | 1.96 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 →