Climate twins of Rathbun, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rathbun'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: Rathbun vs its climate twin
Top match: Lewis, IA
| Month | Rathbun | Lewis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.3°F | 12.7°F | 1.09 in | 31.2°F | 9.9°F | 0.86 in |
| February | 36.6°F | 15.6°F | 1.49 in | 36.1°F | 13.7°F | 1.14 in |
| March | 49.6°F | 27.9°F | 2.03 in | 50.0°F | 24.8°F | 1.89 in |
| April | 61.8°F | 38.7°F | 3.93 in | 62.7°F | 35.9°F | 3.81 in |
| May | 71.4°F | 51.3°F | 5.36 in | 73.1°F | 49.3°F | 5.43 in |
| June | 80.9°F | 61.4°F | 5.24 in | 82.8°F | 59.8°F | 5.74 in |
| July | 85.0°F | 65.6°F | 4.57 in | 86.1°F | 63.5°F | 4.40 in |
| August | 83.5°F | 63.5°F | 4.62 in | 84.4°F | 60.6°F | 4.44 in |
| September | 76.6°F | 53.8°F | 3.81 in | 78.2°F | 50.8°F | 3.35 in |
| October | 64.6°F | 42.0°F | 2.93 in | 65.0°F | 38.1°F | 2.93 in |
| November | 49.7°F | 29.4°F | 2.04 in | 49.2°F | 25.4°F | 1.65 in |
| December | 37.2°F | 19.1°F | 1.46 in | 36.3°F | 15.3°F | 1.50 in |
Cities that consider Rathbun their climate twin
These US cities have Rathbun in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Rathbun would feel familiar.
- Burlington Junction, MO (ranks Rathbun #1)
- Graham, MO (ranks Rathbun #1)
- Skidmore, MO (ranks Rathbun #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 →