Climate twins of Seneca, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Seneca'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: Seneca vs its climate twin
Top match: Olean, MO
| Month | Seneca | Olean | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 46.3°F | 25.3°F | 2.55 in | 40.4°F | 22.1°F | 2.28 in |
| February | 50.9°F | 29.0°F | 2.41 in | 46.2°F | 25.9°F | 2.03 in |
| March | 60.0°F | 38.0°F | 3.70 in | 56.0°F | 34.8°F | 2.90 in |
| April | 69.7°F | 47.0°F | 5.31 in | 67.1°F | 45.1°F | 4.97 in |
| May | 77.2°F | 57.0°F | 6.74 in | 75.5°F | 55.4°F | 5.63 in |
| June | 85.2°F | 66.2°F | 5.70 in | 84.2°F | 64.5°F | 4.89 in |
| July | 89.8°F | 70.4°F | 4.20 in | 88.6°F | 68.9°F | 4.39 in |
| August | 89.4°F | 68.3°F | 3.65 in | 87.5°F | 66.9°F | 4.05 in |
| September | 82.2°F | 59.7°F | 4.99 in | 79.8°F | 58.8°F | 4.29 in |
| October | 71.5°F | 47.8°F | 4.14 in | 68.8°F | 47.1°F | 3.78 in |
| November | 59.5°F | 37.8°F | 3.70 in | 55.2°F | 35.8°F | 3.25 in |
| December | 49.4°F | 29.0°F | 2.87 in | 45.1°F | 26.7°F | 2.36 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 →