Climate twins of Schell City, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Schell City'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: Schell City vs its climate twin
Top match: Newberry, IN
| Month | Schell City | Newberry | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.2°F | 21.9°F | 2.13 in | 39.6°F | 23.0°F | 3.41 in |
| February | 47.6°F | 25.8°F | 2.32 in | 45.0°F | 26.2°F | 2.80 in |
| March | 57.4°F | 34.5°F | 3.35 in | 57.0°F | 34.6°F | 3.85 in |
| April | 67.3°F | 44.0°F | 5.36 in | 68.7°F | 44.7°F | 5.49 in |
| May | 75.3°F | 53.9°F | 6.85 in | 77.9°F | 55.4°F | 5.65 in |
| June | 83.9°F | 63.5°F | 5.69 in | 85.0°F | 63.1°F | 5.63 in |
| July | 89.0°F | 67.9°F | 4.29 in | 87.6°F | 65.7°F | 4.14 in |
| August | 88.3°F | 66.1°F | 3.93 in | 86.6°F | 63.7°F | 3.42 in |
| September | 80.6°F | 57.8°F | 4.73 in | 82.0°F | 56.3°F | 3.83 in |
| October | 69.9°F | 46.2°F | 3.66 in | 70.5°F | 45.5°F | 3.62 in |
| November | 56.9°F | 35.1°F | 3.66 in | 54.9°F | 35.4°F | 3.90 in |
| December | 45.9°F | 26.7°F | 2.70 in | 43.7°F | 27.8°F | 3.83 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 →