Climate twins of Blairstown, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Blairstown'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: Blairstown vs its climate twin
Top match: Lake Mills, WI
| Month | Blairstown | Lake Mills | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 28.1°F | 10.4°F | 1.11 in | 26.8°F | 11.4°F | 1.41 in |
| February | 32.8°F | 14.3°F | 1.28 in | 31.1°F | 14.1°F | 1.52 in |
| March | 46.0°F | 25.8°F | 2.03 in | 43.2°F | 24.6°F | 2.03 in |
| April | 60.0°F | 37.1°F | 3.68 in | 57.0°F | 35.9°F | 3.59 in |
| May | 70.9°F | 49.2°F | 4.43 in | 69.5°F | 47.7°F | 4.39 in |
| June | 80.3°F | 59.7°F | 5.23 in | 79.8°F | 58.4°F | 5.11 in |
| July | 83.6°F | 62.9°F | 4.06 in | 83.5°F | 62.4°F | 4.37 in |
| August | 82.1°F | 60.2°F | 4.08 in | 81.0°F | 60.6°F | 4.50 in |
| September | 75.8°F | 51.1°F | 3.55 in | 74.0°F | 51.7°F | 3.47 in |
| October | 62.9°F | 39.0°F | 2.86 in | 60.8°F | 40.2°F | 2.82 in |
| November | 47.2°F | 27.1°F | 2.11 in | 45.2°F | 28.5°F | 2.12 in |
| December | 33.6°F | 16.8°F | 1.58 in | 32.3°F | 18.0°F | 1.65 in |
Cities that consider Blairstown their climate twin
These US cities have Blairstown in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Blairstown would feel familiar.
- Cambridge, WI (ranks Blairstown #2)
- Lake Mills, WI (ranks Blairstown #2)
- Deerfield, WI (ranks Blairstown #2)
- Paton, IA (ranks Blairstown #3)
- Bagley, IA (ranks Blairstown #2)
- Jefferson, IA (ranks Blairstown #2)
- Grand Junction, IA (ranks Blairstown #3)
- Churdan, IA (ranks Blairstown #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 →