Climate twins of La Crosse, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches La Crosse'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: La Crosse vs its climate twin
Top match: Princeton, WI
| Month | La Crosse | Princeton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 23.6°F | 8.3°F | 1.12 in | 26.2°F | 8.0°F | 1.36 in |
| February | 28.7°F | 12.8°F | 1.13 in | 31.0°F | 11.1°F | 1.28 in |
| March | 41.1°F | 24.4°F | 1.93 in | 42.6°F | 22.4°F | 1.91 in |
| April | 55.4°F | 36.1°F | 4.02 in | 55.9°F | 34.0°F | 3.71 in |
| May | 67.2°F | 47.9°F | 4.91 in | 68.5°F | 46.2°F | 4.44 in |
| June | 76.0°F | 57.8°F | 5.29 in | 77.6°F | 56.0°F | 4.97 in |
| July | 79.5°F | 61.8°F | 4.26 in | 81.5°F | 60.0°F | 4.36 in |
| August | 78.1°F | 60.3°F | 4.47 in | 79.6°F | 58.0°F | 4.14 in |
| September | 70.8°F | 52.0°F | 4.00 in | 72.3°F | 49.4°F | 3.49 in |
| October | 57.6°F | 39.9°F | 2.91 in | 59.3°F | 37.7°F | 2.85 in |
| November | 41.7°F | 27.7°F | 1.94 in | 44.3°F | 26.3°F | 2.10 in |
| December | 29.2°F | 15.4°F | 1.49 in | 31.5°F | 15.1°F | 1.66 in |
Cities that consider La Crosse their climate twin
These US cities have La Crosse in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, La Crosse would feel familiar.
- Princeton, WI (ranks La Crosse #1)
- Fertile, IA (ranks La Crosse #3)
- Hanlontown, IA (ranks La Crosse #3)
- Swaledale, IA (ranks La Crosse #2)
- Thornton, IA (ranks La Crosse #3)
- Clear Lake, IA (ranks La Crosse #3)
- Clarks Grove, MN (ranks La Crosse #2)
- Conger, MN (ranks La Crosse #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 →