Climate twins of Fostoria, IA

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Fostoria'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: Fostoria vs its climate twin

Top match: Eau Claire, WI

Month Fostoria Eau Claire
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 25.1°F 7.0°F 0.72 in 24.5°F 7.9°F 1.10 in
February 29.8°F 11.4°F 0.79 in 28.7°F 11.7°F 1.14 in
March 43.0°F 23.7°F 1.66 in 41.6°F 23.9°F 1.93 in
April 57.7°F 34.9°F 3.49 in 56.4°F 35.9°F 3.27 in
May 69.9°F 47.4°F 4.19 in 69.3°F 48.6°F 4.12 in
June 80.3°F 58.3°F 4.60 in 77.8°F 58.2°F 4.53 in
July 83.7°F 61.8°F 3.74 in 82.3°F 62.1°F 3.68 in
August 81.0°F 59.0°F 3.77 in 79.9°F 61.0°F 3.84 in
September 74.6°F 50.2°F 3.29 in 71.8°F 51.7°F 3.53 in
October 60.2°F 37.3°F 2.35 in 58.2°F 39.7°F 2.48 in
November 43.6°F 23.9°F 1.41 in 41.8°F 26.9°F 1.78 in
December 30.0°F 12.7°F 0.98 in 29.7°F 14.8°F 1.35 in

Cities that consider Fostoria their climate twin

These US cities have Fostoria in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Fostoria would feel familiar.

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 →