Climate twins of Albert City, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Albert City'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: Albert City vs its climate twin
Top match: Arcadia, WI
| Month | Albert City | Arcadia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 25.3°F | 8.2°F | 0.62 in | 27.1°F | 7.8°F | 0.95 in |
| February | 29.9°F | 12.8°F | 0.83 in | 32.4°F | 12.4°F | 1.05 in |
| March | 43.1°F | 24.7°F | 1.76 in | 45.5°F | 23.5°F | 1.93 in |
| April | 58.2°F | 36.0°F | 3.58 in | 59.7°F | 35.5°F | 3.72 in |
| May | 69.9°F | 48.3°F | 4.19 in | 71.5°F | 46.5°F | 4.30 in |
| June | 79.9°F | 59.1°F | 5.05 in | 79.6°F | 56.9°F | 4.99 in |
| July | 81.9°F | 62.2°F | 3.29 in | 83.5°F | 60.5°F | 3.80 in |
| August | 79.2°F | 59.3°F | 4.41 in | 80.9°F | 58.3°F | 4.32 in |
| September | 73.6°F | 51.1°F | 3.39 in | 74.3°F | 50.8°F | 3.50 in |
| October | 60.5°F | 38.5°F | 2.51 in | 60.9°F | 38.8°F | 2.72 in |
| November | 43.9°F | 25.1°F | 1.42 in | 44.6°F | 26.7°F | 1.74 in |
| December | 29.8°F | 14.0°F | 0.94 in | 32.2°F | 14.5°F | 1.37 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 →