Climate twins of Bussey, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bussey'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: Bussey vs its climate twin
Top match: Walcott, IA
| Month | Bussey | Walcott | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.3°F | 13.2°F | 1.12 in | 29.9°F | 14.0°F | 1.14 in |
| February | 35.9°F | 16.8°F | 1.49 in | 34.4°F | 18.1°F | 1.44 in |
| March | 48.7°F | 28.0°F | 2.02 in | 48.3°F | 29.0°F | 2.34 in |
| April | 61.4°F | 38.8°F | 3.77 in | 61.4°F | 39.3°F | 3.61 in |
| May | 70.9°F | 50.5°F | 4.86 in | 72.5°F | 51.0°F | 4.82 in |
| June | 80.2°F | 60.6°F | 5.18 in | 81.3°F | 60.9°F | 4.73 in |
| July | 84.4°F | 64.6°F | 4.02 in | 83.8°F | 63.6°F | 4.07 in |
| August | 82.8°F | 62.4°F | 4.04 in | 82.0°F | 61.5°F | 3.96 in |
| September | 76.0°F | 53.5°F | 3.57 in | 76.2°F | 53.0°F | 3.47 in |
| October | 63.4°F | 41.8°F | 2.80 in | 63.4°F | 41.7°F | 2.70 in |
| November | 49.0°F | 29.5°F | 2.14 in | 48.3°F | 30.0°F | 2.25 in |
| December | 36.5°F | 19.3°F | 1.47 in | 35.1°F | 20.1°F | 1.64 in |
Cities that consider Bussey their climate twin
These US cities have Bussey in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Bussey would feel familiar.
- Walcott, IA (ranks Bussey #2)
- Donahue, IA (ranks Bussey #2)
- Maysville, IA (ranks Bussey #2)
- Eldridge, IA (ranks Bussey #1)
- Villisca, IA (ranks Bussey #1)
- Nodaway, IA (ranks Bussey #1)
- Stockton, IA (ranks Bussey #3)
- Reynolds, IL (ranks Bussey #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 →