Climate twins of Phillipsburg, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Phillipsburg'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: Phillipsburg vs its climate twin
Top match: St. Charles, MO
| Month | Phillipsburg | St. Charles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.5°F | 22.2°F | 2.71 in | 39.5°F | 21.9°F | 2.74 in |
| February | 47.6°F | 25.4°F | 2.60 in | 44.7°F | 25.2°F | 2.86 in |
| March | 57.7°F | 34.3°F | 3.50 in | 55.2°F | 33.7°F | 3.63 in |
| April | 67.6°F | 43.9°F | 4.88 in | 66.8°F | 44.0°F | 5.11 in |
| May | 75.9°F | 54.2°F | 5.89 in | 76.0°F | 55.1°F | 5.45 in |
| June | 83.9°F | 62.8°F | 4.68 in | 84.1°F | 64.3°F | 4.35 in |
| July | 88.4°F | 67.1°F | 4.09 in | 88.0°F | 68.3°F | 4.20 in |
| August | 87.5°F | 65.2°F | 4.36 in | 86.8°F | 65.8°F | 4.07 in |
| September | 80.0°F | 56.8°F | 4.07 in | 80.4°F | 57.2°F | 3.08 in |
| October | 69.1°F | 45.5°F | 3.35 in | 68.8°F | 45.7°F | 3.50 in |
| November | 56.1°F | 34.6°F | 3.21 in | 55.3°F | 35.3°F | 3.73 in |
| December | 45.8°F | 26.3°F | 2.52 in | 44.1°F | 26.4°F | 2.99 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 →