Climate twins of Russellville, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Russellville'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: Russellville vs its climate twin
Top match: Mound City, KS
| Month | Russellville | Mound City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.8°F | 19.7°F | 2.01 in | 40.8°F | 20.2°F | 1.32 in |
| February | 45.1°F | 23.9°F | 2.31 in | 45.5°F | 23.9°F | 1.95 in |
| March | 55.3°F | 33.4°F | 2.97 in | 56.3°F | 33.6°F | 2.65 in |
| April | 66.0°F | 43.5°F | 4.90 in | 65.8°F | 43.1°F | 4.44 in |
| May | 74.9°F | 54.3°F | 4.98 in | 74.4°F | 53.6°F | 5.33 in |
| June | 83.5°F | 63.3°F | 4.41 in | 83.9°F | 64.2°F | 5.29 in |
| July | 87.8°F | 67.4°F | 4.71 in | 88.5°F | 68.7°F | 4.60 in |
| August | 87.1°F | 65.7°F | 3.88 in | 87.2°F | 66.3°F | 3.55 in |
| September | 79.8°F | 57.2°F | 4.11 in | 79.4°F | 56.4°F | 3.97 in |
| October | 68.2°F | 45.2°F | 3.78 in | 68.5°F | 44.6°F | 3.57 in |
| November | 54.8°F | 34.2°F | 3.17 in | 54.9°F | 33.5°F | 2.71 in |
| December | 43.8°F | 24.9°F | 1.92 in | 44.0°F | 24.2°F | 1.88 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 →