Climate twins of Humboldt, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Humboldt'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: Humboldt vs its climate twin
Top match: Buffalo City, WI
| Month | Humboldt | Buffalo City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 24.4°F | 8.5°F | 0.91 in | 22.9°F | 7.9°F | 1.09 in |
| February | 29.3°F | 12.4°F | 1.04 in | 28.5°F | 11.4°F | 1.12 in |
| March | 42.7°F | 24.6°F | 2.02 in | 41.6°F | 24.5°F | 2.00 in |
| April | 57.2°F | 35.6°F | 3.30 in | 56.1°F | 37.0°F | 3.68 in |
| May | 68.3°F | 48.6°F | 4.80 in | 69.0°F | 49.5°F | 4.58 in |
| June | 77.8°F | 59.3°F | 5.48 in | 79.2°F | 59.3°F | 5.12 in |
| July | 81.1°F | 63.1°F | 4.15 in | 82.6°F | 64.1°F | 4.00 in |
| August | 78.8°F | 60.2°F | 4.55 in | 79.9°F | 62.0°F | 4.51 in |
| September | 72.5°F | 51.2°F | 3.33 in | 71.0°F | 54.0°F | 3.73 in |
| October | 60.1°F | 39.1°F | 2.45 in | 57.1°F | 40.9°F | 2.49 in |
| November | 43.4°F | 26.1°F | 1.61 in | 40.8°F | 28.0°F | 1.93 in |
| December | 29.8°F | 14.8°F | 1.32 in | 28.0°F | 15.2°F | 1.19 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 →