Climate twins of Lincoln, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lincoln'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: Lincoln vs its climate twin
Top match: Griggsville, IL
| Month | Lincoln | Griggsville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.7°F | 19.0°F | 1.78 in | 36.5°F | 18.5°F | 2.03 in |
| February | 43.8°F | 23.3°F | 1.98 in | 41.9°F | 22.3°F | 2.14 in |
| March | 54.7°F | 32.5°F | 3.15 in | 53.0°F | 31.5°F | 2.95 in |
| April | 65.0°F | 42.5°F | 4.42 in | 65.8°F | 42.4°F | 4.14 in |
| May | 73.5°F | 53.6°F | 5.06 in | 75.4°F | 53.9°F | 4.83 in |
| June | 82.5°F | 62.3°F | 5.30 in | 84.1°F | 63.0°F | 5.01 in |
| July | 87.5°F | 66.6°F | 3.95 in | 87.5°F | 66.1°F | 4.10 in |
| August | 86.5°F | 64.9°F | 4.10 in | 86.5°F | 63.7°F | 3.43 in |
| September | 78.7°F | 56.3°F | 4.24 in | 80.1°F | 54.8°F | 3.61 in |
| October | 67.3°F | 44.3°F | 3.52 in | 67.9°F | 43.8°F | 3.01 in |
| November | 53.9°F | 33.1°F | 2.92 in | 53.8°F | 33.3°F | 2.92 in |
| December | 43.0°F | 24.2°F | 2.05 in | 41.5°F | 23.7°F | 2.33 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 →