Climate twins of Metz, MO

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Metz'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: Metz vs its climate twin

Top match: Pierpont, MO

Month Metz Pierpont
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 41.5°F 21.5°F 1.77 in 39.3°F 22.5°F 2.41 in
February 46.6°F 25.5°F 2.07 in 44.9°F 26.5°F 2.32 in
March 56.6°F 34.9°F 3.41 in 56.2°F 35.8°F 3.24 in
April 66.6°F 44.7°F 5.20 in 67.0°F 45.8°F 4.83 in
May 75.3°F 54.9°F 6.77 in 75.7°F 56.0°F 5.20 in
June 84.4°F 64.3°F 5.35 in 84.5°F 65.2°F 5.12 in
July 88.7°F 68.4°F 4.74 in 88.6°F 69.1°F 4.62 in
August 88.0°F 66.6°F 3.83 in 87.6°F 67.4°F 4.11 in
September 80.3°F 58.3°F 4.60 in 79.9°F 58.8°F 4.26 in
October 69.3°F 46.2°F 3.45 in 68.3°F 47.3°F 3.53 in
November 56.2°F 35.2°F 3.06 in 54.8°F 36.5°F 3.00 in
December 45.3°F 26.2°F 2.22 in 43.6°F 26.9°F 2.18 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 →