Climate twins of Keswick, IA

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

Top match: Cromwell, IA

Month Keswick Cromwell
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 29.8°F 11.5°F 1.18 in 30.5°F 10.6°F 1.04 in
February 34.6°F 15.1°F 1.47 in 35.1°F 13.8°F 1.46 in
March 47.6°F 26.3°F 2.34 in 48.7°F 25.5°F 2.53 in
April 60.7°F 37.2°F 3.70 in 61.2°F 36.1°F 3.74 in
May 71.0°F 49.1°F 4.95 in 71.3°F 48.8°F 5.15 in
June 80.6°F 59.1°F 5.11 in 80.9°F 59.4°F 5.17 in
July 84.6°F 62.7°F 3.93 in 84.7°F 63.2°F 4.46 in
August 82.8°F 60.4°F 4.76 in 83.0°F 60.7°F 4.23 in
September 76.4°F 51.7°F 3.47 in 76.4°F 51.6°F 3.70 in
October 63.4°F 39.8°F 2.78 in 64.1°F 39.3°F 2.79 in
November 48.2°F 27.7°F 2.18 in 48.4°F 26.2°F 2.14 in
December 35.3°F 17.7°F 1.54 in 35.7°F 16.0°F 1.48 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 →