Climate twins of Moline, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Moline'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: Moline vs its climate twin
Top match: Salisbury, MO
| Month | Moline | Salisbury | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.5°F | 19.9°F | 1.03 in | 37.1°F | 18.3°F | 1.52 in |
| February | 48.5°F | 23.3°F | 1.73 in | 42.5°F | 22.3°F | 1.84 in |
| March | 58.6°F | 32.3°F | 2.75 in | 53.9°F | 32.1°F | 2.79 in |
| April | 68.2°F | 42.5°F | 3.63 in | 65.1°F | 42.6°F | 4.04 in |
| May | 76.2°F | 53.5°F | 5.09 in | 75.0°F | 53.7°F | 5.15 in |
| June | 85.0°F | 63.1°F | 5.69 in | 83.9°F | 63.6°F | 5.54 in |
| July | 90.4°F | 67.5°F | 4.01 in | 87.8°F | 67.1°F | 4.21 in |
| August | 90.0°F | 65.4°F | 3.59 in | 86.7°F | 64.8°F | 3.64 in |
| September | 82.4°F | 56.5°F | 3.54 in | 80.0°F | 55.9°F | 3.73 in |
| October | 70.7°F | 44.1°F | 3.52 in | 68.0°F | 44.0°F | 3.49 in |
| November | 57.3°F | 32.1°F | 2.23 in | 53.9°F | 32.9°F | 2.43 in |
| December | 46.0°F | 23.3°F | 1.77 in | 41.9°F | 23.7°F | 1.64 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 →