Climate twins of Jefferson, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Jefferson'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: Jefferson vs its climate twin
Top match: Wauzeka, WI
| Month | Jefferson | Wauzeka | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 26.8°F | 11.0°F | 1.64 in | 27.4°F | 7.7°F | 1.24 in |
| February | 31.1°F | 14.1°F | 1.58 in | 31.6°F | 12.3°F | 1.22 in |
| March | 43.2°F | 24.6°F | 2.14 in | 44.3°F | 23.9°F | 2.10 in |
| April | 56.3°F | 35.5°F | 4.02 in | 58.0°F | 36.2°F | 4.05 in |
| May | 68.7°F | 48.1°F | 4.45 in | 69.4°F | 47.7°F | 4.59 in |
| June | 78.8°F | 58.1°F | 4.97 in | 78.0°F | 58.3°F | 5.50 in |
| July | 82.4°F | 62.4°F | 4.54 in | 81.7°F | 62.2°F | 4.35 in |
| August | 80.4°F | 60.8°F | 4.30 in | 80.0°F | 60.7°F | 4.17 in |
| September | 73.6°F | 51.8°F | 3.72 in | 73.3°F | 51.5°F | 3.68 in |
| October | 60.3°F | 40.6°F | 3.12 in | 60.6°F | 40.1°F | 2.76 in |
| November | 45.1°F | 28.5°F | 2.37 in | 45.4°F | 27.0°F | 2.20 in |
| December | 32.5°F | 18.2°F | 1.89 in | 33.1°F | 15.7°F | 1.55 in |
Cities that consider Jefferson their climate twin
These US cities have Jefferson in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Jefferson would feel familiar.
- Steuben, WI (ranks Jefferson #3)
- Wauzeka, WI (ranks Jefferson #3)
- Gays Mills, WI (ranks Jefferson #3)
- Bell Center, WI (ranks Jefferson #3)
- Mount Sterling, WI (ranks Jefferson #3)
- Anamosa, IA (ranks Jefferson #2)
- Cascade, IA (ranks Jefferson #3)
- Farley, IA (ranks Jefferson #3)
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 →