Climate twins of Preston, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Preston'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: Preston vs its climate twin
Top match: Iola, KS
| Month | Preston | Iola | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.3°F | 23.0°F | 1.84 in | 41.4°F | 20.3°F | 1.27 in |
| February | 47.8°F | 25.5°F | 2.11 in | 46.8°F | 24.7°F | 1.56 in |
| March | 57.4°F | 35.0°F | 3.15 in | 56.9°F | 34.2°F | 2.63 in |
| April | 67.2°F | 44.9°F | 4.89 in | 66.5°F | 44.7°F | 4.42 in |
| May | 75.4°F | 55.5°F | 5.64 in | 74.9°F | 55.5°F | 5.81 in |
| June | 84.0°F | 64.8°F | 4.92 in | 84.1°F | 65.1°F | 5.36 in |
| July | 88.7°F | 69.1°F | 4.54 in | 88.5°F | 69.2°F | 4.72 in |
| August | 88.0°F | 67.1°F | 3.99 in | 87.8°F | 66.8°F | 4.04 in |
| September | 80.2°F | 58.8°F | 4.16 in | 80.3°F | 58.3°F | 4.35 in |
| October | 70.0°F | 47.1°F | 3.62 in | 69.3°F | 46.3°F | 3.64 in |
| November | 56.5°F | 36.2°F | 3.26 in | 56.0°F | 34.5°F | 2.43 in |
| December | 45.9°F | 27.5°F | 2.28 in | 44.3°F | 24.4°F | 1.81 in |
Cities that consider Preston their climate twin
These US cities have Preston in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Preston would feel familiar.
- Sportsmen Acres, OK (ranks Preston #1)
- Chouteau, OK (ranks Preston #1)
- Pryor Creek, OK (ranks Preston #1)
- Parsons, KS (ranks Preston #1)
- Mound Valley, KS (ranks Preston #1)
- South Coffeyville, OK (ranks Preston #1)
- Coffeyville, KS (ranks Preston #1)
- Dearing, KS (ranks Preston #1)
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 →