Climate twins of Elk Mound, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Elk Mound'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: Elk Mound vs its climate twin
Top match: Nicollet, MN
| Month | Elk Mound | Nicollet | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 23.4°F | 5.8°F | 1.03 in | 23.0°F | 3.6°F | 0.84 in |
| February | 28.4°F | 9.1°F | 1.10 in | 27.4°F | 6.6°F | 0.92 in |
| March | 41.3°F | 21.2°F | 1.97 in | 39.9°F | 20.3°F | 1.83 in |
| April | 56.5°F | 33.2°F | 3.08 in | 55.7°F | 33.1°F | 3.09 in |
| May | 69.6°F | 45.1°F | 3.91 in | 68.2°F | 46.0°F | 4.54 in |
| June | 78.7°F | 55.5°F | 4.83 in | 78.1°F | 56.8°F | 5.07 in |
| July | 82.8°F | 59.8°F | 3.61 in | 81.4°F | 60.5°F | 3.91 in |
| August | 80.4°F | 57.7°F | 4.18 in | 79.3°F | 58.4°F | 4.13 in |
| September | 72.3°F | 49.3°F | 3.65 in | 72.9°F | 49.5°F | 3.24 in |
| October | 58.0°F | 36.9°F | 2.49 in | 58.9°F | 36.3°F | 2.59 in |
| November | 42.0°F | 24.7°F | 1.79 in | 42.3°F | 23.2°F | 1.57 in |
| December | 28.7°F | 12.6°F | 1.35 in | 28.2°F | 11.5°F | 1.11 in |
Cities that consider Elk Mound their climate twin
These US cities have Elk Mound in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Elk Mound would feel familiar.
- Courtland, MN (ranks Elk Mound #3)
- Nicollet, MN (ranks Elk Mound #3)
- Lafayette, MN (ranks Elk Mound #3)
- Boyden, IA (ranks Elk Mound #3)
- Matlock, IA (ranks Elk Mound #3)
- Sheldon, IA (ranks Elk Mound #3)
- Iola, WI (ranks Elk Mound #1)
- Manawa, WI (ranks Elk Mound #1)
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 →