Climate twins of Wheaton, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Wheaton'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: Wheaton vs its climate twin
Top match: Licking, MO
| Month | Wheaton | Licking | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 44.1°F | 23.9°F | 2.47 in | 41.9°F | 21.4°F | 2.81 in |
| February | 48.7°F | 27.5°F | 2.21 in | 47.0°F | 25.2°F | 2.71 in |
| March | 57.6°F | 35.9°F | 3.78 in | 56.4°F | 33.7°F | 4.12 in |
| April | 67.4°F | 45.3°F | 4.65 in | 67.4°F | 43.3°F | 4.80 in |
| May | 75.2°F | 54.8°F | 6.04 in | 75.5°F | 53.4°F | 5.54 in |
| June | 83.3°F | 63.7°F | 4.93 in | 83.4°F | 62.4°F | 4.54 in |
| July | 88.3°F | 67.7°F | 4.01 in | 88.0°F | 66.6°F | 3.48 in |
| August | 88.4°F | 66.2°F | 3.14 in | 87.3°F | 64.7°F | 4.04 in |
| September | 81.0°F | 58.4°F | 4.91 in | 79.7°F | 56.2°F | 4.20 in |
| October | 69.8°F | 47.1°F | 3.67 in | 68.6°F | 44.4°F | 3.34 in |
| November | 57.1°F | 36.2°F | 3.77 in | 55.6°F | 34.3°F | 4.09 in |
| December | 47.2°F | 27.8°F | 2.85 in | 45.2°F | 25.7°F | 2.87 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 →