Climate twins of LaCrosse, WA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches LaCrosse'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: LaCrosse vs its climate twin
Top match: Dufur, OR
| Month | LaCrosse | Dufur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 38.8°F | 25.8°F | 1.96 in | 40.5°F | 27.2°F | 1.91 in |
| February | 44.8°F | 26.9°F | 1.34 in | 46.6°F | 28.6°F | 1.50 in |
| March | 53.7°F | 30.8°F | 1.66 in | 55.8°F | 31.5°F | 1.17 in |
| April | 61.9°F | 35.5°F | 1.30 in | 62.8°F | 35.6°F | 1.07 in |
| May | 71.5°F | 41.9°F | 1.26 in | 72.2°F | 41.0°F | 1.14 in |
| June | 79.4°F | 47.7°F | 0.96 in | 78.7°F | 45.4°F | 0.62 in |
| July | 90.0°F | 52.5°F | 0.31 in | 88.5°F | 50.6°F | 0.28 in |
| August | 88.8°F | 51.8°F | 0.32 in | 87.9°F | 50.2°F | 0.24 in |
| September | 78.5°F | 44.0°F | 0.50 in | 79.3°F | 44.8°F | 0.44 in |
| October | 62.7°F | 35.8°F | 1.12 in | 64.0°F | 37.3°F | 1.15 in |
| November | 47.3°F | 29.8°F | 1.96 in | 48.1°F | 30.6°F | 1.68 in |
| December | 37.9°F | 24.5°F | 2.37 in | 39.2°F | 26.7°F | 2.32 in |
Cities that consider LaCrosse their climate twin
These US cities have LaCrosse in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, LaCrosse would feel familiar.
- Dufur, OR (ranks LaCrosse #1)
- Entiat, WA (ranks LaCrosse #2)
- Susanville, CA (ranks LaCrosse #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 →