Climate twins of Colby, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Colby'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: Colby vs its climate twin
Top match: Ellsworth, WI
| Month | Colby | Ellsworth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 21.1°F | 1.8°F | 1.06 in | 21.3°F | 2.4°F | 1.01 in |
| February | 25.7°F | 4.4°F | 1.15 in | 26.6°F | 6.1°F | 1.00 in |
| March | 38.0°F | 17.3°F | 1.81 in | 39.2°F | 18.6°F | 1.99 in |
| April | 52.4°F | 30.8°F | 2.98 in | 54.2°F | 30.8°F | 2.99 in |
| May | 65.9°F | 43.1°F | 3.99 in | 66.4°F | 43.1°F | 4.51 in |
| June | 75.0°F | 53.1°F | 4.77 in | 75.6°F | 53.4°F | 5.25 in |
| July | 78.9°F | 56.4°F | 3.81 in | 79.5°F | 57.3°F | 4.11 in |
| August | 77.1°F | 54.3°F | 4.42 in | 77.5°F | 55.0°F | 5.04 in |
| September | 69.1°F | 46.4°F | 3.95 in | 70.6°F | 47.3°F | 3.87 in |
| October | 55.3°F | 34.2°F | 2.93 in | 57.0°F | 34.6°F | 2.84 in |
| November | 39.8°F | 22.8°F | 1.85 in | 40.4°F | 21.8°F | 1.97 in |
| December | 26.9°F | 10.2°F | 1.51 in | 26.6°F | 10.0°F | 1.36 in |
Cities that consider Colby their climate twin
These US cities have Colby in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Colby would feel familiar.
- Ellsworth, WI (ranks Colby #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 →