Climate twins of Verona, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Verona'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: Verona vs its climate twin
Top match: Carlyle, IL
| Month | Verona | Carlyle | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 44.0°F | 22.2°F | 2.38 in | 39.1°F | 21.5°F | 3.05 in |
| February | 48.9°F | 26.0°F | 2.28 in | 44.8°F | 24.9°F | 2.45 in |
| March | 58.0°F | 35.3°F | 3.67 in | 54.8°F | 34.5°F | 3.67 in |
| April | 67.7°F | 44.4°F | 4.55 in | 66.6°F | 44.8°F | 4.90 in |
| May | 75.8°F | 54.3°F | 5.86 in | 75.9°F | 55.9°F | 5.23 in |
| June | 84.3°F | 63.6°F | 5.25 in | 84.8°F | 64.9°F | 4.87 in |
| July | 89.4°F | 67.1°F | 4.01 in | 88.3°F | 68.1°F | 4.24 in |
| August | 89.3°F | 64.9°F | 3.03 in | 87.4°F | 66.2°F | 3.59 in |
| September | 81.5°F | 56.8°F | 4.70 in | 81.0°F | 58.1°F | 3.65 in |
| October | 70.7°F | 44.7°F | 2.95 in | 69.5°F | 46.3°F | 3.39 in |
| November | 57.9°F | 34.5°F | 3.93 in | 55.1°F | 35.5°F | 3.72 in |
| December | 47.2°F | 26.4°F | 2.84 in | 43.3°F | 26.3°F | 3.10 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 →