Climate twins of Elroy, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Elroy'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: Elroy vs its climate twin
Top match: Oakland Acres, IA
| Month | Elroy | Oakland Acres | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 26.8°F | 7.1°F | 1.31 in | 28.3°F | 10.2°F | 1.10 in |
| February | 31.8°F | 10.4°F | 1.19 in | 33.0°F | 13.6°F | 1.55 in |
| March | 43.7°F | 22.5°F | 2.03 in | 46.1°F | 24.7°F | 2.22 in |
| April | 57.6°F | 34.3°F | 3.77 in | 59.4°F | 35.1°F | 3.90 in |
| May | 69.2°F | 45.6°F | 5.00 in | 69.9°F | 47.1°F | 5.09 in |
| June | 78.8°F | 55.9°F | 5.08 in | 79.5°F | 57.8°F | 5.53 in |
| July | 82.6°F | 60.1°F | 4.13 in | 83.3°F | 61.8°F | 3.96 in |
| August | 80.8°F | 58.1°F | 4.15 in | 81.2°F | 59.2°F | 4.37 in |
| September | 73.5°F | 49.0°F | 4.05 in | 75.2°F | 50.2°F | 3.71 in |
| October | 60.3°F | 37.3°F | 2.84 in | 62.3°F | 38.2°F | 3.21 in |
| November | 45.5°F | 26.7°F | 2.12 in | 46.8°F | 26.4°F | 1.95 in |
| December | 32.7°F | 14.6°F | 1.62 in | 34.0°F | 16.3°F | 1.60 in |
Cities that consider Elroy their climate twin
These US cities have Elroy in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Elroy would feel familiar.
- Swaledale, IA (ranks Elroy #3)
- Mitchell, IA (ranks Elroy #3)
- Orchard, IA (ranks Elroy #3)
- Osage, IA (ranks Elroy #3)
- Rudd, IA (ranks Elroy #3)
- Plymouth, IA (ranks Elroy #3)
- Rock Falls, IA (ranks Elroy #3)
- Nora Springs, IA (ranks Elroy #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 →