Climate twins of Albion, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Albion'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: Albion vs its climate twin
Top match: Newell, IA
| Month | Albion | Newell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 27.7°F | 10.1°F | 0.77 in | 25.8°F | 8.8°F | 0.77 in |
| February | 32.4°F | 14.0°F | 0.51 in | 30.2°F | 13.3°F | 1.01 in |
| March | 45.9°F | 25.6°F | 1.64 in | 43.4°F | 25.1°F | 1.74 in |
| April | 60.0°F | 36.5°F | 3.69 in | 58.1°F | 36.9°F | 3.53 in |
| May | 71.2°F | 48.7°F | 4.88 in | 69.1°F | 49.4°F | 4.87 in |
| June | 80.6°F | 58.9°F | 5.32 in | 79.2°F | 60.2°F | 5.33 in |
| July | 83.1°F | 62.2°F | 3.67 in | 82.3°F | 63.7°F | 3.83 in |
| August | 81.0°F | 59.5°F | 3.88 in | 79.9°F | 61.4°F | 4.43 in |
| September | 75.1°F | 50.6°F | 3.20 in | 74.1°F | 52.6°F | 2.96 in |
| October | 61.8°F | 38.7°F | 2.45 in | 60.6°F | 39.6°F | 2.42 in |
| November | 46.1°F | 26.3°F | 1.74 in | 44.3°F | 26.6°F | 1.75 in |
| December | 33.0°F | 15.7°F | 1.01 in | 31.1°F | 15.3°F | 1.11 in |
Cities that consider Albion their climate twin
These US cities have Albion in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Albion would feel familiar.
- Ricketts, IA (ranks Albion #1)
- Danbury, IA (ranks Albion #1)
- Mapleton, IA (ranks Albion #1)
- Charter Oak, IA (ranks Albion #1)
- Onawa, IA (ranks Albion #2)
- Whiting, IA (ranks Albion #1)
- Decatur, NE (ranks Albion #2)
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 →