Climate twins of Lawton, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lawton'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: Lawton vs its climate twin
Top match: Edina, MN
| Month | Lawton | Edina | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 29.7°F | 8.7°F | 0.66 in | 23.6°F | 8.8°F | 0.89 in |
| February | 34.6°F | 12.5°F | 0.88 in | 28.5°F | 12.7°F | 0.87 in |
| March | 47.4°F | 23.9°F | 1.62 in | 41.7°F | 24.9°F | 1.68 in |
| April | 60.7°F | 34.8°F | 3.07 in | 56.6°F | 37.5°F | 2.91 in |
| May | 71.6°F | 47.3°F | 4.44 in | 69.2°F | 49.9°F | 3.91 in |
| June | 82.1°F | 57.9°F | 4.62 in | 79.0°F | 60.4°F | 4.58 in |
| July | 85.7°F | 63.3°F | 3.36 in | 83.4°F | 65.3°F | 4.06 in |
| August | 83.0°F | 60.9°F | 3.93 in | 80.7°F | 62.8°F | 4.34 in |
| September | 77.3°F | 50.9°F | 2.99 in | 72.9°F | 54.2°F | 3.02 in |
| October | 63.8°F | 37.3°F | 2.38 in | 58.1°F | 40.9°F | 2.58 in |
| November | 47.3°F | 24.3°F | 1.36 in | 41.9°F | 27.7°F | 1.61 in |
| December | 33.9°F | 13.7°F | 0.97 in | 28.8°F | 15.2°F | 1.17 in |
Cities that consider Lawton their climate twin
These US cities have Lawton in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Lawton would feel familiar.
- Verdel, NE (ranks Lawton #2)
- Anoka, NE (ranks Lawton #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 →