Climate twins of Poplar Bluff, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Poplar Bluff'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: Poplar Bluff vs its climate twin
Top match: Richland, IN
| Month | Poplar Bluff | Richland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 44.0°F | 25.8°F | 3.46 in | 42.1°F | 25.4°F | 3.52 in |
| February | 49.3°F | 29.5°F | 3.63 in | 47.4°F | 28.6°F | 3.59 in |
| March | 59.0°F | 38.1°F | 4.77 in | 57.7°F | 36.4°F | 4.93 in |
| April | 69.9°F | 47.4°F | 5.94 in | 69.9°F | 46.1°F | 5.52 in |
| May | 78.9°F | 57.6°F | 5.37 in | 78.5°F | 56.2°F | 5.14 in |
| June | 87.5°F | 67.0°F | 4.29 in | 86.3°F | 64.5°F | 4.56 in |
| July | 90.5°F | 70.6°F | 4.70 in | 88.6°F | 67.9°F | 4.69 in |
| August | 89.5°F | 68.5°F | 3.65 in | 87.5°F | 65.8°F | 3.22 in |
| September | 82.8°F | 60.6°F | 3.29 in | 81.7°F | 58.3°F | 3.80 in |
| October | 71.9°F | 47.7°F | 4.07 in | 70.3°F | 47.0°F | 3.75 in |
| November | 57.8°F | 37.5°F | 4.80 in | 56.7°F | 36.5°F | 4.22 in |
| December | 47.1°F | 29.3°F | 4.27 in | 45.8°F | 29.2°F | 4.23 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 →