Climate twins of Leslie, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Leslie'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: Leslie vs its climate twin
Top match: Halfway, MO
| Month | Leslie | Halfway | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.8°F | 18.0°F | 2.69 in | 42.6°F | 20.1°F | 2.40 in |
| February | 45.0°F | 21.1°F | 2.40 in | 48.0°F | 23.6°F | 2.22 in |
| March | 55.0°F | 29.9°F | 3.67 in | 57.5°F | 32.6°F | 3.50 in |
| April | 66.3°F | 39.6°F | 4.84 in | 67.6°F | 42.2°F | 4.93 in |
| May | 74.6°F | 50.2°F | 5.58 in | 75.6°F | 52.4°F | 5.77 in |
| June | 82.8°F | 59.5°F | 4.48 in | 83.9°F | 61.4°F | 4.44 in |
| July | 87.4°F | 63.5°F | 3.94 in | 88.9°F | 65.8°F | 3.93 in |
| August | 86.6°F | 61.3°F | 3.94 in | 87.5°F | 63.8°F | 4.20 in |
| September | 79.3°F | 52.3°F | 4.01 in | 80.5°F | 54.8°F | 4.11 in |
| October | 68.1°F | 41.0°F | 3.37 in | 69.7°F | 43.0°F | 3.53 in |
| November | 55.0°F | 30.5°F | 3.58 in | 56.7°F | 32.8°F | 3.75 in |
| December | 43.9°F | 22.3°F | 2.69 in | 46.1°F | 24.1°F | 2.48 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 →