Climate twins of Rosendale, MO

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

Top match: West Burlington, IA

Month Rosendale West Burlington
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 35.3°F 15.9°F 0.95 in 32.3°F 16.4°F 1.45 in
February 40.4°F 19.3°F 1.19 in 37.2°F 20.5°F 1.69 in
March 52.7°F 30.2°F 2.34 in 50.2°F 31.1°F 2.43 in
April 63.6°F 40.3°F 3.76 in 62.8°F 41.9°F 3.92 in
May 73.4°F 51.9°F 5.22 in 73.1°F 52.9°F 4.93 in
June 83.6°F 62.9°F 4.76 in 82.3°F 62.6°F 4.87 in
July 87.3°F 66.6°F 4.79 in 85.2°F 66.0°F 4.02 in
August 85.3°F 63.7°F 3.95 in 83.5°F 64.0°F 3.77 in
September 78.7°F 55.1°F 3.57 in 77.5°F 55.8°F 3.53 in
October 66.4°F 42.3°F 3.04 in 64.5°F 44.0°F 3.09 in
November 51.4°F 30.6°F 2.03 in 49.8°F 32.3°F 2.29 in
December 39.6°F 21.3°F 1.51 in 37.4°F 22.3°F 1.87 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 →