Climate twins of Union, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Union'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: Union vs its climate twin
Top match: Kirbyville, MO
| Month | Union | Kirbyville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.0°F | 22.9°F | 2.72 in | 47.5°F | 24.2°F | 2.67 in |
| February | 48.3°F | 26.1°F | 2.45 in | 52.6°F | 27.5°F | 2.51 in |
| March | 59.1°F | 35.3°F | 3.87 in | 61.6°F | 35.1°F | 4.15 in |
| April | 70.4°F | 45.0°F | 4.99 in | 71.7°F | 43.8°F | 4.85 in |
| May | 78.1°F | 54.8°F | 4.85 in | 79.4°F | 53.6°F | 5.28 in |
| June | 86.2°F | 63.3°F | 4.24 in | 87.8°F | 62.9°F | 4.24 in |
| July | 90.6°F | 67.4°F | 4.74 in | 91.9°F | 66.7°F | 4.25 in |
| August | 89.4°F | 65.8°F | 3.84 in | 90.9°F | 64.9°F | 3.11 in |
| September | 81.7°F | 57.0°F | 3.63 in | 83.9°F | 57.6°F | 4.13 in |
| October | 70.2°F | 45.6°F | 3.31 in | 72.9°F | 45.7°F | 3.74 in |
| November | 57.3°F | 35.0°F | 3.66 in | 60.5°F | 35.4°F | 3.93 in |
| December | 46.1°F | 27.2°F | 2.66 in | 50.4°F | 27.9°F | 2.82 in |
Cities that consider Union their climate twin
These US cities have Union in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Union would feel familiar.
- Taneyville, MO (ranks Union #1)
- Rockaway Beach, MO (ranks Union #1)
- Saddlebrooke, MO (ranks Union #1)
- Bull Creek, MO (ranks Union #1)
- Forsyth, MO (ranks Union #1)
- Kirbyville, MO (ranks Union #1)
- Merriam Woods, MO (ranks Union #1)
- Harrison, AR (ranks Union #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 →