Climate twins of Eldridge, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Eldridge'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: Eldridge vs its climate twin
Top match: Bussey, IA
| Month | Eldridge | Bussey | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 29.8°F | 13.1°F | 1.37 in | 31.3°F | 13.2°F | 1.12 in |
| February | 34.6°F | 17.2°F | 1.64 in | 35.9°F | 16.8°F | 1.49 in |
| March | 47.6°F | 28.1°F | 2.47 in | 48.7°F | 28.0°F | 2.02 in |
| April | 61.0°F | 39.1°F | 3.83 in | 61.4°F | 38.8°F | 3.77 in |
| May | 72.2°F | 50.9°F | 4.94 in | 70.9°F | 50.5°F | 4.86 in |
| June | 81.1°F | 61.0°F | 5.01 in | 80.2°F | 60.6°F | 5.18 in |
| July | 83.8°F | 64.2°F | 4.09 in | 84.4°F | 64.6°F | 4.02 in |
| August | 82.0°F | 61.9°F | 4.05 in | 82.8°F | 62.4°F | 4.04 in |
| September | 76.2°F | 53.8°F | 3.59 in | 76.0°F | 53.5°F | 3.57 in |
| October | 63.5°F | 41.8°F | 2.76 in | 63.4°F | 41.8°F | 2.80 in |
| November | 48.2°F | 30.0°F | 2.32 in | 49.0°F | 29.5°F | 2.14 in |
| December | 34.7°F | 19.1°F | 1.86 in | 36.5°F | 19.3°F | 1.47 in |
Cities that consider Eldridge their climate twin
These US cities have Eldridge in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Eldridge would feel familiar.
- Eddyville, IA (ranks Eldridge #1)
- Blakesburg, IA (ranks Eldridge #1)
- Valeria, IA (ranks Eldridge #2)
- Hartford, IA (ranks Eldridge #3)
- Mitchellville, IA (ranks Eldridge #3)
- Monroe, IA (ranks Eldridge #1)
- Colfax, IA (ranks Eldridge #1)
- Runnells, IA (ranks Eldridge #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 →