Climate twins of Liberal, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Liberal'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: Liberal vs its climate twin
Top match: Stoutland, MO
| Month | Liberal | Stoutland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 44.2°F | 23.2°F | 1.90 in | 42.5°F | 22.2°F | 2.71 in |
| February | 48.9°F | 26.9°F | 2.07 in | 47.6°F | 25.4°F | 2.60 in |
| March | 59.2°F | 36.4°F | 2.96 in | 57.7°F | 34.3°F | 3.50 in |
| April | 68.5°F | 45.5°F | 5.25 in | 67.6°F | 43.9°F | 4.88 in |
| May | 75.9°F | 54.9°F | 6.77 in | 75.9°F | 54.2°F | 5.89 in |
| June | 84.5°F | 63.8°F | 5.40 in | 83.9°F | 62.8°F | 4.68 in |
| July | 88.9°F | 67.4°F | 4.00 in | 88.4°F | 67.1°F | 4.09 in |
| August | 89.1°F | 64.7°F | 3.77 in | 87.5°F | 65.2°F | 4.36 in |
| September | 81.3°F | 55.9°F | 5.15 in | 80.0°F | 56.8°F | 4.07 in |
| October | 70.5°F | 45.2°F | 3.58 in | 69.1°F | 45.5°F | 3.35 in |
| November | 57.8°F | 35.0°F | 2.89 in | 56.1°F | 34.6°F | 3.21 in |
| December | 46.7°F | 26.2°F | 2.06 in | 45.8°F | 26.3°F | 2.52 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 →