Climate twins of Ridgely, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ridgely'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: Ridgely vs its climate twin
Top match: West Point, IL
| Month | Ridgely | West Point | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.3°F | 16.3°F | 1.15 in | 33.9°F | 17.7°F | 1.67 in |
| February | 41.7°F | 20.7°F | 1.40 in | 38.9°F | 21.7°F | 1.98 in |
| March | 52.6°F | 31.3°F | 2.29 in | 50.9°F | 31.9°F | 2.57 in |
| April | 63.6°F | 41.2°F | 3.85 in | 63.4°F | 42.1°F | 4.11 in |
| May | 72.8°F | 53.0°F | 5.38 in | 73.7°F | 53.4°F | 5.28 in |
| June | 82.2°F | 63.2°F | 5.27 in | 83.0°F | 63.2°F | 4.85 in |
| July | 86.5°F | 67.6°F | 4.87 in | 86.3°F | 66.5°F | 4.29 in |
| August | 85.3°F | 65.7°F | 4.36 in | 84.9°F | 63.8°F | 4.19 in |
| September | 77.8°F | 56.2°F | 4.30 in | 78.8°F | 55.5°F | 3.67 in |
| October | 66.1°F | 43.5°F | 3.47 in | 66.0°F | 44.1°F | 3.16 in |
| November | 53.3°F | 31.3°F | 2.10 in | 51.3°F | 32.8°F | 2.45 in |
| December | 41.6°F | 22.1°F | 1.59 in | 39.1°F | 23.6°F | 1.89 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 →