Climate twins of Licking, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Licking'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: Licking vs its climate twin
Top match: Walnut Hill, IL
| Month | Licking | Walnut Hill | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 41.9°F | 21.4°F | 2.81 in | 38.8°F | 20.9°F | 2.87 in |
| February | 47.0°F | 25.2°F | 2.71 in | 44.0°F | 24.3°F | 2.58 in |
| March | 56.4°F | 33.7°F | 4.12 in | 54.2°F | 33.0°F | 3.90 in |
| April | 67.4°F | 43.3°F | 4.80 in | 66.2°F | 43.6°F | 4.81 in |
| May | 75.5°F | 53.4°F | 5.54 in | 75.2°F | 53.5°F | 5.20 in |
| June | 83.4°F | 62.4°F | 4.54 in | 84.1°F | 62.3°F | 4.08 in |
| July | 88.0°F | 66.6°F | 3.48 in | 87.5°F | 65.8°F | 3.85 in |
| August | 87.3°F | 64.7°F | 4.04 in | 86.9°F | 63.7°F | 3.54 in |
| September | 79.7°F | 56.2°F | 4.20 in | 81.0°F | 55.8°F | 3.29 in |
| October | 68.6°F | 44.4°F | 3.34 in | 69.3°F | 44.7°F | 3.45 in |
| November | 55.6°F | 34.3°F | 4.09 in | 54.9°F | 34.2°F | 4.09 in |
| December | 45.2°F | 25.7°F | 2.87 in | 43.2°F | 25.5°F | 3.02 in |
Cities that consider Licking their climate twin
These US cities have Licking in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Licking would feel familiar.
- Cassville, MO (ranks Licking #1)
- Exeter, MO (ranks Licking #1)
- Butterfield, MO (ranks Licking #1)
- Lanagan, MO (ranks Licking #1)
- Goodman, MO (ranks Licking #1)
- Jane, MO (ranks Licking #1)
- Anderson, MO (ranks Licking #1)
- Pineville, MO (ranks Licking #1)
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 →