Climate twins of Clio, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Clio'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: Clio vs its climate twin
Top match: Conesville, IA
| Month | Clio | Conesville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.5°F | 12.8°F | 1.06 in | 29.9°F | 10.9°F | 1.17 in |
| February | 36.7°F | 16.5°F | 1.52 in | 34.3°F | 14.0°F | 1.94 in |
| March | 49.2°F | 27.7°F | 2.38 in | 48.0°F | 25.8°F | 2.33 in |
| April | 61.5°F | 38.3°F | 4.01 in | 61.5°F | 37.9°F | 3.85 in |
| May | 71.1°F | 50.1°F | 5.65 in | 71.5°F | 49.5°F | 5.41 in |
| June | 80.1°F | 60.0°F | 5.14 in | 80.1°F | 59.2°F | 4.91 in |
| July | 84.8°F | 64.3°F | 4.73 in | 83.9°F | 62.9°F | 4.09 in |
| August | 82.9°F | 62.0°F | 4.86 in | 82.4°F | 60.7°F | 4.22 in |
| September | 75.9°F | 53.5°F | 4.20 in | 76.3°F | 51.5°F | 3.75 in |
| October | 63.5°F | 41.4°F | 3.09 in | 63.1°F | 39.7°F | 3.03 in |
| November | 48.8°F | 28.4°F | 2.15 in | 48.4°F | 26.9°F | 2.19 in |
| December | 36.6°F | 18.5°F | 1.62 in | 35.2°F | 17.2°F | 1.94 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 →