Climate twins of Lakota, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lakota'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: Lakota vs its climate twin
Top match: Menomonie, WI
| Month | Lakota | Menomonie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 21.9°F | 4.5°F | 0.87 in | 24.0°F | 4.5°F | 0.94 in |
| February | 26.9°F | 8.1°F | 0.93 in | 29.4°F | 7.3°F | 1.08 in |
| March | 39.7°F | 21.4°F | 1.76 in | 41.9°F | 19.3°F | 1.97 in |
| April | 55.4°F | 32.5°F | 3.43 in | 56.4°F | 32.3°F | 2.96 in |
| May | 67.7°F | 45.6°F | 4.60 in | 68.2°F | 44.4°F | 4.53 in |
| June | 77.8°F | 56.9°F | 4.65 in | 77.9°F | 54.8°F | 5.14 in |
| July | 80.8°F | 59.8°F | 4.16 in | 82.0°F | 59.2°F | 4.02 in |
| August | 78.3°F | 57.5°F | 4.11 in | 79.9°F | 56.7°F | 4.02 in |
| September | 72.6°F | 48.0°F | 3.21 in | 72.2°F | 48.2°F | 3.63 in |
| October | 58.7°F | 35.2°F | 2.52 in | 58.9°F | 36.0°F | 2.74 in |
| November | 41.9°F | 22.1°F | 1.46 in | 42.7°F | 23.6°F | 1.82 in |
| December | 27.6°F | 11.2°F | 1.17 in | 29.2°F | 12.0°F | 1.34 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 →