Climate twins of Lucerne, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lucerne'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: Lucerne vs its climate twin
Top match: Muscatine, IA
| Month | Lucerne | Muscatine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.1°F | 14.8°F | 1.35 in | 31.0°F | 13.1°F | 1.51 in |
| February | 37.5°F | 18.1°F | 1.69 in | 35.9°F | 17.4°F | 1.78 in |
| March | 50.1°F | 28.7°F | 2.60 in | 49.5°F | 28.4°F | 2.55 in |
| April | 61.7°F | 39.4°F | 3.80 in | 63.1°F | 39.4°F | 3.82 in |
| May | 71.4°F | 51.8°F | 6.04 in | 73.6°F | 50.9°F | 5.11 in |
| June | 81.0°F | 61.3°F | 5.62 in | 82.3°F | 60.8°F | 5.46 in |
| July | 85.5°F | 65.6°F | 4.64 in | 85.4°F | 64.2°F | 4.25 in |
| August | 83.8°F | 63.5°F | 5.29 in | 83.3°F | 62.0°F | 4.26 in |
| September | 76.4°F | 54.5°F | 3.52 in | 77.6°F | 53.7°F | 3.91 in |
| October | 63.7°F | 42.5°F | 3.15 in | 64.5°F | 41.8°F | 3.04 in |
| November | 49.5°F | 30.2°F | 2.32 in | 49.0°F | 29.6°F | 2.28 in |
| December | 37.2°F | 20.3°F | 1.91 in | 36.1°F | 19.5°F | 2.00 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 →