Climate twins of Avoca, WI

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Avoca'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: Avoca vs its climate twin

Top match: Callender, IA

Month Avoca Callender
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 27.5°F 9.9°F 0.88 in 25.5°F 7.4°F 0.95 in
February 32.2°F 13.8°F 0.87 in 30.5°F 11.5°F 1.23 in
March 45.1°F 26.0°F 1.88 in 43.9°F 23.8°F 1.96 in
April 58.4°F 36.2°F 3.69 in 58.8°F 34.8°F 3.72 in
May 70.4°F 47.9°F 3.72 in 69.9°F 47.5°F 4.57 in
June 79.4°F 57.8°F 5.28 in 79.7°F 58.4°F 5.53 in
July 82.7°F 61.3°F 4.54 in 82.7°F 62.0°F 4.20 in
August 80.5°F 59.2°F 4.17 in 80.3°F 59.5°F 4.26 in
September 73.7°F 50.6°F 3.42 in 74.2°F 50.5°F 2.81 in
October 60.5°F 38.8°F 2.48 in 61.3°F 37.7°F 2.55 in
November 45.7°F 27.8°F 1.95 in 45.1°F 25.1°F 1.85 in
December 32.9°F 16.5°F 1.20 in 31.3°F 14.1°F 1.46 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 →