Climate twins of Hilbert, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hilbert'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: Hilbert vs its climate twin
Top match: Sheldon, IA
| Month | Hilbert | Sheldon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 25.6°F | 9.8°F | 1.36 in | 24.6°F | 5.2°F | 0.88 in |
| February | 29.3°F | 12.2°F | 1.04 in | 29.5°F | 9.1°F | 1.00 in |
| March | 40.5°F | 22.1°F | 1.87 in | 42.5°F | 21.3°F | 1.91 in |
| April | 54.0°F | 33.2°F | 3.01 in | 57.0°F | 32.4°F | 3.22 in |
| May | 67.5°F | 44.8°F | 3.91 in | 69.0°F | 46.2°F | 4.03 in |
| June | 77.1°F | 55.6°F | 4.52 in | 79.2°F | 57.2°F | 4.67 in |
| July | 81.5°F | 59.2°F | 3.72 in | 82.7°F | 60.4°F | 3.61 in |
| August | 79.2°F | 56.3°F | 3.28 in | 80.3°F | 57.5°F | 3.26 in |
| September | 72.0°F | 49.0°F | 3.13 in | 74.0°F | 47.9°F | 3.39 in |
| October | 58.2°F | 38.1°F | 2.81 in | 60.5°F | 34.6°F | 2.43 in |
| November | 43.6°F | 27.7°F | 2.02 in | 43.9°F | 21.6°F | 1.52 in |
| December | 31.2°F | 17.3°F | 1.55 in | 29.6°F | 11.0°F | 1.17 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 →