Climate twins of Carlisle, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Carlisle'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: Carlisle vs its climate twin
Top match: Buffalo, IA
| Month | Carlisle | Buffalo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.9°F | 13.8°F | 1.08 in | 31.0°F | 13.4°F | 1.49 in |
| February | 35.7°F | 18.0°F | 1.34 in | 36.3°F | 17.9°F | 1.78 in |
| March | 49.2°F | 29.6°F | 2.17 in | 48.4°F | 28.0°F | 2.62 in |
| April | 62.0°F | 40.6°F | 4.02 in | 61.4°F | 39.3°F | 3.81 in |
| May | 72.4°F | 52.3°F | 5.24 in | 72.3°F | 50.8°F | 5.12 in |
| June | 81.9°F | 62.4°F | 5.26 in | 81.2°F | 61.0°F | 5.22 in |
| July | 85.6°F | 66.4°F | 3.82 in | 83.9°F | 64.9°F | 4.22 in |
| August | 83.6°F | 64.2°F | 4.17 in | 82.4°F | 63.1°F | 4.03 in |
| September | 76.9°F | 55.4°F | 3.18 in | 76.7°F | 55.0°F | 3.31 in |
| October | 63.4°F | 42.9°F | 2.78 in | 63.7°F | 42.9°F | 2.89 in |
| November | 48.3°F | 30.2°F | 1.91 in | 48.7°F | 30.2°F | 2.30 in |
| December | 35.9°F | 19.5°F | 1.58 in | 36.0°F | 19.7°F | 2.02 in |
Cities that consider Carlisle their climate twin
These US cities have Carlisle in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Carlisle would feel familiar.
- New Boston, IL (ranks Carlisle #3)
- Springfield, NE (ranks Carlisle #3)
- Gretna, NE (ranks Carlisle #3)
- Louisville, NE (ranks Carlisle #3)
- Manley, NE (ranks Carlisle #3)
- Murdock, NE (ranks Carlisle #3)
- Nehawka, NE (ranks Carlisle #3)
- Weeping Water, NE (ranks Carlisle #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 →