Climate twins of Bruce, WI

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bruce'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.

Rank 1 closest
Elderon, WI
similarity distance: 0.670 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Cecil, WI
similarity distance: 0.731 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Bonduel, WI
similarity distance: 0.731 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Bruce vs its climate twin

Top match: Elderon, WI

Month Bruce Elderon
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 22.7°F 5.3°F 0.90 in 23.7°F 6.8°F 1.24 in
February 28.0°F 8.3°F 1.10 in 28.3°F 9.3°F 1.08 in
March 41.2°F 20.0°F 2.19 in 40.1°F 20.8°F 1.74 in
April 55.8°F 32.3°F 2.99 in 54.1°F 33.0°F 3.17 in
May 68.0°F 43.9°F 4.31 in 67.4°F 45.1°F 4.00 in
June 76.5°F 53.1°F 4.42 in 76.5°F 54.7°F 4.48 in
July 80.7°F 57.6°F 3.95 in 80.8°F 58.4°F 3.75 in
August 78.3°F 55.6°F 4.04 in 78.8°F 57.0°F 4.02 in
September 71.3°F 47.7°F 3.84 in 71.4°F 49.1°F 3.84 in
October 56.8°F 36.3°F 3.15 in 57.4°F 37.4°F 2.98 in
November 40.2°F 23.9°F 2.04 in 41.9°F 26.1°F 2.05 in
December 27.1°F 11.7°F 1.31 in 29.1°F 14.7°F 1.60 in

Cities that consider Bruce their climate twin

These US cities have Bruce in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Bruce would feel familiar.

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 →