Climate twins of Milford, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Milford'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: Milford vs its climate twin
Top match: Callao, MO
| Month | Milford | Callao | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.5°F | 22.4°F | 1.96 in | 35.3°F | 18.9°F | 1.56 in |
| February | 47.5°F | 26.0°F | 2.25 in | 41.0°F | 23.1°F | 2.07 in |
| March | 57.2°F | 34.2°F | 3.31 in | 52.7°F | 33.2°F | 2.90 in |
| April | 66.9°F | 43.7°F | 5.10 in | 64.2°F | 43.5°F | 4.32 in |
| May | 74.8°F | 54.1°F | 7.10 in | 74.1°F | 54.7°F | 5.44 in |
| June | 83.6°F | 63.3°F | 6.25 in | 83.3°F | 63.9°F | 5.50 in |
| July | 88.4°F | 67.4°F | 4.62 in | 87.5°F | 68.1°F | 4.25 in |
| August | 87.9°F | 65.7°F | 3.78 in | 86.3°F | 65.8°F | 3.82 in |
| September | 80.4°F | 57.3°F | 4.78 in | 79.1°F | 57.1°F | 3.87 in |
| October | 69.5°F | 45.6°F | 3.75 in | 66.8°F | 45.4°F | 3.45 in |
| November | 56.5°F | 35.0°F | 3.53 in | 52.2°F | 33.9°F | 2.74 in |
| December | 45.6°F | 26.4°F | 2.43 in | 40.2°F | 24.0°F | 2.01 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 →