Climate twins of Vandiver, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Vandiver'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: Vandiver vs its climate twin
Top match: Urich, MO
| Month | Vandiver | Urich | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.6°F | 19.3°F | 2.03 in | 40.9°F | 19.4°F | 1.74 in |
| February | 42.7°F | 22.9°F | 2.31 in | 46.4°F | 23.3°F | 2.15 in |
| March | 54.2°F | 31.8°F | 3.17 in | 57.0°F | 32.7°F | 3.16 in |
| April | 65.9°F | 42.9°F | 4.68 in | 66.9°F | 42.8°F | 4.58 in |
| May | 75.1°F | 53.5°F | 5.07 in | 76.1°F | 53.8°F | 5.66 in |
| June | 83.9°F | 62.8°F | 5.23 in | 84.9°F | 63.8°F | 5.07 in |
| July | 87.9°F | 67.3°F | 4.43 in | 89.5°F | 67.4°F | 3.93 in |
| August | 86.6°F | 65.0°F | 3.90 in | 88.8°F | 65.4°F | 4.03 in |
| September | 79.4°F | 56.4°F | 4.86 in | 80.8°F | 56.4°F | 4.32 in |
| October | 67.6°F | 44.5°F | 2.81 in | 69.3°F | 44.1°F | 3.29 in |
| November | 54.3°F | 33.7°F | 2.75 in | 56.0°F | 33.4°F | 3.05 in |
| December | 41.9°F | 24.1°F | 2.28 in | 44.7°F | 23.9°F | 2.35 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 →