Climate twins of Fox Lake, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Fox Lake'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: Fox Lake vs its climate twin
Top match: Garrison, IA
| Month | Fox Lake | Garrison | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 25.4°F | 8.2°F | 1.64 in | 25.6°F | 8.1°F | 1.19 in |
| February | 29.2°F | 11.1°F | 1.68 in | 30.4°F | 12.3°F | 1.25 in |
| March | 41.4°F | 22.2°F | 2.43 in | 44.4°F | 23.8°F | 2.05 in |
| April | 55.4°F | 34.0°F | 3.77 in | 58.7°F | 34.9°F | 3.90 in |
| May | 68.0°F | 46.5°F | 4.42 in | 69.4°F | 46.6°F | 5.01 in |
| June | 77.6°F | 56.4°F | 5.00 in | 78.3°F | 56.6°F | 5.62 in |
| July | 81.0°F | 60.1°F | 4.14 in | 81.4°F | 60.2°F | 4.15 in |
| August | 79.3°F | 58.4°F | 3.75 in | 79.3°F | 57.7°F | 4.22 in |
| September | 72.0°F | 50.3°F | 3.57 in | 73.5°F | 49.5°F | 3.68 in |
| October | 58.7°F | 38.7°F | 3.12 in | 60.2°F | 37.3°F | 3.22 in |
| November | 43.7°F | 26.9°F | 2.34 in | 44.2°F | 25.2°F | 2.05 in |
| December | 31.2°F | 15.0°F | 1.95 in | 31.0°F | 14.5°F | 1.59 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 →