Climate twins of Alvord, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Alvord'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: Alvord vs its climate twin
Top match: St. Paul, MN
| Month | Alvord | St. Paul | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 25.2°F | 6.1°F | 0.61 in | 23.9°F | 8.6°F | 0.48 in |
| February | 30.3°F | 10.4°F | 0.70 in | 28.7°F | 12.9°F | 0.52 in |
| March | 43.2°F | 22.3°F | 1.52 in | 41.7°F | 24.6°F | 1.43 in |
| April | 57.9°F | 33.8°F | 3.03 in | 56.8°F | 37.2°F | 2.58 in |
| May | 70.3°F | 46.8°F | 3.96 in | 68.9°F | 48.9°F | 3.97 in |
| June | 80.7°F | 58.3°F | 5.03 in | 78.5°F | 59.2°F | 4.63 in |
| July | 84.7°F | 61.8°F | 3.59 in | 82.6°F | 64.0°F | 3.97 in |
| August | 82.3°F | 59.0°F | 3.12 in | 80.4°F | 61.7°F | 4.10 in |
| September | 75.3°F | 49.6°F | 3.24 in | 72.4°F | 53.4°F | 3.08 in |
| October | 61.1°F | 36.2°F | 2.23 in | 58.0°F | 40.0°F | 2.47 in |
| November | 44.2°F | 23.0°F | 1.42 in | 42.1°F | 27.1°F | 1.32 in |
| December | 30.3°F | 12.1°F | 0.82 in | 28.6°F | 14.8°F | 0.65 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 →