Climate twins of Hayward, WI

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

Top match: Hatley, WI

Month Hayward Hatley
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 24.0°F 2.9°F 0.89 in 22.8°F 6.7°F 1.20 in
February 29.8°F 5.8°F 0.89 in 27.4°F 9.5°F 1.08 in
March 42.4°F 17.6°F 1.46 in 39.6°F 20.6°F 1.83 in
April 55.8°F 30.1°F 2.70 in 53.7°F 32.4°F 3.12 in
May 69.3°F 41.9°F 3.99 in 67.1°F 44.6°F 3.79 in
June 77.9°F 51.6°F 4.20 in 76.2°F 54.5°F 4.67 in
July 81.8°F 55.5°F 4.15 in 80.3°F 58.7°F 3.86 in
August 79.3°F 53.7°F 3.94 in 77.9°F 56.9°F 4.07 in
September 71.6°F 47.1°F 3.97 in 69.8°F 48.6°F 3.83 in
October 57.3°F 35.2°F 3.15 in 55.7°F 37.0°F 3.07 in
November 41.4°F 23.4°F 1.67 in 40.4°F 25.2°F 1.85 in
December 28.7°F 10.7°F 1.26 in 27.9°F 13.5°F 1.54 in

Cities that consider Hayward their climate twin

These US cities have Hayward in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Hayward 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 →