Climate twins of Leadwood, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Leadwood'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: Leadwood vs its climate twin
Top match: Evergreen, MO
| Month | Leadwood | Evergreen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.8°F | 22.6°F | 2.58 in | 42.6°F | 21.3°F | 2.37 in |
| February | 47.9°F | 25.8°F | 2.78 in | 47.3°F | 24.9°F | 2.26 in |
| March | 57.8°F | 34.3°F | 3.81 in | 56.8°F | 33.1°F | 4.06 in |
| April | 68.7°F | 44.3°F | 5.26 in | 67.8°F | 43.3°F | 4.72 in |
| May | 77.0°F | 54.1°F | 5.49 in | 74.8°F | 53.2°F | 5.38 in |
| June | 84.8°F | 62.7°F | 3.55 in | 83.0°F | 61.5°F | 4.14 in |
| July | 88.5°F | 66.9°F | 4.28 in | 87.9°F | 66.3°F | 4.02 in |
| August | 87.7°F | 64.9°F | 3.82 in | 87.2°F | 64.3°F | 3.47 in |
| September | 80.7°F | 56.2°F | 3.18 in | 80.0°F | 55.9°F | 3.82 in |
| October | 70.0°F | 44.8°F | 3.27 in | 69.2°F | 44.4°F | 3.27 in |
| November | 56.7°F | 34.4°F | 4.18 in | 56.2°F | 34.9°F | 3.81 in |
| December | 46.4°F | 26.4°F | 2.96 in | 45.5°F | 25.8°F | 2.99 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 →