Climate twins of St. Elizabeth, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches St. Elizabeth'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: St. Elizabeth vs its climate twin
Top match: Hoyleton, IL
| Month | St. Elizabeth | Hoyleton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 41.1°F | 20.7°F | 2.40 in | 38.7°F | 21.3°F | 2.68 in |
| February | 46.5°F | 24.8°F | 2.21 in | 43.9°F | 24.9°F | 2.15 in |
| March | 56.3°F | 33.7°F | 3.32 in | 54.2°F | 34.2°F | 3.47 in |
| April | 66.9°F | 43.7°F | 4.79 in | 66.0°F | 45.0°F | 4.58 in |
| May | 75.2°F | 54.6°F | 4.93 in | 75.2°F | 55.5°F | 4.81 in |
| June | 83.1°F | 63.5°F | 4.15 in | 84.2°F | 64.0°F | 4.68 in |
| July | 87.9°F | 67.5°F | 3.99 in | 87.2°F | 67.3°F | 3.83 in |
| August | 87.2°F | 65.8°F | 3.69 in | 86.0°F | 65.1°F | 3.09 in |
| September | 79.8°F | 56.7°F | 3.86 in | 79.9°F | 57.5°F | 3.54 in |
| October | 69.0°F | 46.1°F | 3.34 in | 68.9°F | 46.2°F | 3.17 in |
| November | 55.6°F | 34.6°F | 3.64 in | 54.2°F | 34.7°F | 3.55 in |
| December | 44.7°F | 25.9°F | 2.64 in | 43.2°F | 26.3°F | 2.67 in |
Cities that consider St. Elizabeth their climate twin
These US cities have St. Elizabeth in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, St. Elizabeth would feel familiar.
- Cahokia Heights, IL (ranks St. Elizabeth #1)
- Madison, IL (ranks St. Elizabeth #1)
- Sauget, IL (ranks St. Elizabeth #1)
- East St. Louis, IL (ranks St. Elizabeth #1)
- Fairmont City, IL (ranks St. Elizabeth #1)
- West Alton, MO (ranks St. Elizabeth #1)
- East Alton, IL (ranks St. Elizabeth #1)
- Godfrey, IL (ranks St. Elizabeth #1)
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 →