Climate twins of Prathersville, MO

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

Top match: Stoutsville, MO

Month Prathersville Stoutsville
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 38.1°F 17.2°F 1.27 in 36.0°F 17.6°F 1.82 in
February 43.3°F 20.8°F 1.55 in 39.9°F 21.2°F 2.01 in
March 54.9°F 31.2°F 2.48 in 52.0°F 31.5°F 2.92 in
April 65.9°F 41.2°F 4.07 in 63.9°F 41.9°F 4.28 in
May 75.1°F 52.5°F 5.23 in 73.1°F 53.6°F 5.04 in
June 84.0°F 62.9°F 5.22 in 82.5°F 62.8°F 5.36 in
July 88.0°F 66.9°F 5.41 in 86.2°F 66.2°F 4.58 in
August 87.3°F 64.4°F 4.03 in 85.0°F 63.6°F 3.77 in
September 79.6°F 55.3°F 4.91 in 78.9°F 54.8°F 3.92 in
October 68.1°F 42.8°F 3.25 in 66.7°F 44.0°F 3.30 in
November 54.6°F 31.2°F 2.11 in 52.7°F 32.2°F 2.65 in
December 42.1°F 21.8°F 1.68 in 40.7°F 23.2°F 2.04 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 →