Climate twins of Malden, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Malden'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: Malden vs its climate twin
Top match: Plumerville, AR
| Month | Malden | Plumerville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 45.5°F | 27.2°F | 3.24 in | 50.0°F | 29.1°F | 3.64 in |
| February | 50.7°F | 30.2°F | 3.71 in | 55.2°F | 31.8°F | 3.81 in |
| March | 60.6°F | 38.2°F | 4.47 in | 63.8°F | 39.5°F | 5.06 in |
| April | 71.4°F | 48.2°F | 5.36 in | 72.9°F | 48.1°F | 5.29 in |
| May | 80.9°F | 58.5°F | 5.21 in | 80.2°F | 58.2°F | 5.52 in |
| June | 89.8°F | 67.6°F | 3.56 in | 88.3°F | 67.3°F | 3.56 in |
| July | 92.2°F | 71.1°F | 4.22 in | 92.5°F | 70.9°F | 3.82 in |
| August | 91.0°F | 68.8°F | 3.03 in | 92.6°F | 68.8°F | 3.69 in |
| September | 84.9°F | 60.7°F | 3.19 in | 85.9°F | 61.0°F | 3.30 in |
| October | 74.2°F | 48.6°F | 3.49 in | 75.1°F | 49.0°F | 3.93 in |
| November | 60.0°F | 38.2°F | 4.50 in | 62.6°F | 38.7°F | 4.85 in |
| December | 48.9°F | 30.5°F | 4.54 in | 52.5°F | 31.4°F | 4.73 in |
Cities that consider Malden their climate twin
These US cities have Malden in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Malden would feel familiar.
- Atkins, AR (ranks Malden #3)
- Dover, AR (ranks Malden #3)
- Pottsville, AR (ranks Malden #3)
- Russellville, AR (ranks Malden #3)
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 →