Climate twins of Chilton, WI

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Chilton'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: Chilton vs its climate twin

Top match: Oakdale, WI

Month Chilton Oakdale
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 25.6°F 9.9°F 1.48 in 25.1°F 7.6°F 1.30 in
February 29.4°F 12.2°F 1.29 in 29.9°F 10.9°F 1.31 in
March 40.9°F 22.4°F 1.92 in 42.2°F 22.9°F 2.06 in
April 54.4°F 33.7°F 3.07 in 56.0°F 35.2°F 3.41 in
May 67.4°F 45.4°F 3.78 in 68.5°F 47.2°F 4.02 in
June 77.3°F 55.9°F 4.74 in 76.8°F 56.6°F 4.43 in
July 81.6°F 60.5°F 3.91 in 80.9°F 60.0°F 3.91 in
August 79.6°F 58.8°F 3.60 in 78.5°F 57.7°F 4.46 in
September 72.5°F 50.7°F 3.31 in 71.2°F 49.1°F 3.39 in
October 58.6°F 39.3°F 2.98 in 58.0°F 38.0°F 2.67 in
November 43.9°F 28.1°F 2.10 in 42.9°F 26.4°F 1.85 in
December 31.3°F 17.4°F 1.67 in 30.2°F 14.9°F 1.65 in

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 →