Climate twins of Boyden, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Boyden'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: Boyden vs its climate twin
Top match: Port Edwards, WI
| Month | Boyden | Port Edwards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 24.6°F | 5.2°F | 0.88 in | 24.5°F | 7.7°F | 0.95 in |
| February | 29.5°F | 9.1°F | 1.00 in | 29.1°F | 10.5°F | 0.90 in |
| March | 42.5°F | 21.3°F | 1.91 in | 41.5°F | 21.7°F | 1.96 in |
| April | 57.0°F | 32.4°F | 3.22 in | 55.7°F | 32.9°F | 2.98 in |
| May | 69.0°F | 46.2°F | 4.03 in | 68.5°F | 44.6°F | 3.68 in |
| June | 79.2°F | 57.2°F | 4.67 in | 78.1°F | 54.8°F | 4.58 in |
| July | 82.7°F | 60.4°F | 3.61 in | 82.4°F | 58.8°F | 3.56 in |
| August | 80.3°F | 57.5°F | 3.26 in | 79.7°F | 57.1°F | 3.83 in |
| September | 74.0°F | 47.9°F | 3.39 in | 71.8°F | 48.7°F | 3.43 in |
| October | 60.5°F | 34.6°F | 2.43 in | 57.9°F | 37.1°F | 2.51 in |
| November | 43.9°F | 21.6°F | 1.52 in | 42.5°F | 25.6°F | 1.70 in |
| December | 29.6°F | 11.0°F | 1.17 in | 29.5°F | 14.2°F | 1.22 in |
Cities that consider Boyden their climate twin
These US cities have Boyden in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Boyden would feel familiar.
- Nekoosa, WI (ranks Boyden #3)
- Port Edwards, WI (ranks Boyden #3)
- Brandon, WI (ranks Boyden #3)
- Ripon, WI (ranks Boyden #3)
- Rosendale, WI (ranks Boyden #3)
- Hilbert, WI (ranks Boyden #3)
- Brillion, WI (ranks Boyden #3)
- Potter, WI (ranks Boyden #3)
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 →