Climate twins of Elmwood Park, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Elmwood Park'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: Elmwood Park vs its climate twin
Top match: Lexington, MI
| Month | Elmwood Park | Lexington | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 29.6°F | 14.5°F | 1.98 in | 29.9°F | 16.1°F | 2.58 in |
| February | 32.4°F | 17.9°F | 1.92 in | 32.0°F | 16.2°F | 2.00 in |
| March | 40.8°F | 26.9°F | 2.42 in | 40.1°F | 23.9°F | 2.05 in |
| April | 50.7°F | 36.4°F | 3.94 in | 51.6°F | 33.7°F | 3.37 in |
| May | 61.3°F | 45.6°F | 4.32 in | 63.0°F | 44.7°F | 3.93 in |
| June | 71.9°F | 56.3°F | 4.35 in | 72.9°F | 54.8°F | 3.70 in |
| July | 78.5°F | 63.5°F | 3.27 in | 78.3°F | 60.0°F | 3.20 in |
| August | 77.3°F | 63.4°F | 3.75 in | 77.6°F | 59.5°F | 3.10 in |
| September | 70.5°F | 55.7°F | 3.34 in | 71.9°F | 52.7°F | 3.30 in |
| October | 58.8°F | 43.1°F | 3.07 in | 59.1°F | 42.0°F | 3.33 in |
| November | 46.0°F | 31.7°F | 2.53 in | 46.5°F | 32.0°F | 2.51 in |
| December | 34.8°F | 21.0°F | 2.09 in | 35.2°F | 23.2°F | 2.28 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 →