Climate twins of La Motte, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches La Motte'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 Motte vs its climate twin
Top match: Lac La Belle, WI
| Month | La Motte | Lac La Belle | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 26.5°F | 11.1°F | 1.32 in | 28.1°F | 11.1°F | 1.65 in |
| February | 30.9°F | 15.0°F | 1.57 in | 32.0°F | 14.0°F | 1.61 in |
| March | 44.1°F | 26.3°F | 2.25 in | 43.7°F | 24.6°F | 2.10 in |
| April | 57.7°F | 37.2°F | 4.06 in | 56.4°F | 35.8°F | 3.86 in |
| May | 69.2°F | 48.5°F | 4.30 in | 68.6°F | 47.2°F | 4.14 in |
| June | 78.5°F | 58.6°F | 5.19 in | 78.4°F | 57.0°F | 4.86 in |
| July | 81.5°F | 62.0°F | 4.80 in | 82.3°F | 61.2°F | 4.12 in |
| August | 79.6°F | 60.0°F | 3.95 in | 80.6°F | 59.7°F | 4.17 in |
| September | 72.9°F | 51.8°F | 3.82 in | 73.8°F | 51.6°F | 3.39 in |
| October | 59.9°F | 39.9°F | 2.93 in | 60.8°F | 39.8°F | 2.83 in |
| November | 44.8°F | 28.1°F | 2.21 in | 46.0°F | 28.6°F | 2.21 in |
| December | 31.8°F | 17.2°F | 1.80 in | 33.7°F | 18.0°F | 1.87 in |
Cities that consider La Motte their climate twin
These US cities have La Motte in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, La Motte would feel familiar.
- Palmyra, WI (ranks La Motte #2)
- Eagle, WI (ranks La Motte #2)
- Sullivan, WI (ranks La Motte #2)
- Dousman, WI (ranks La Motte #2)
- North Prairie, WI (ranks La Motte #2)
- Bloomfield, WI (ranks La Motte #2)
- Hebron, IL (ranks La Motte #2)
- Genoa City, WI (ranks La Motte #2)
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 →