Climate twins of Lehigh, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lehigh'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: Lehigh vs its climate twin
Top match: Elgin, IA
| Month | Lehigh | Elgin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 26.2°F | 6.9°F | 0.87 in | 25.7°F | 7.4°F | 1.12 in |
| February | 30.8°F | 10.9°F | 1.34 in | 29.9°F | 10.5°F | 1.21 in |
| March | 44.1°F | 23.3°F | 2.05 in | 43.0°F | 22.4°F | 2.09 in |
| April | 58.9°F | 33.9°F | 3.72 in | 57.5°F | 34.0°F | 4.14 in |
| May | 70.0°F | 46.7°F | 5.27 in | 69.4°F | 46.9°F | 4.99 in |
| June | 79.5°F | 57.2°F | 5.76 in | 79.0°F | 57.8°F | 5.88 in |
| July | 82.8°F | 60.8°F | 4.41 in | 82.8°F | 60.9°F | 4.52 in |
| August | 80.5°F | 58.0°F | 4.75 in | 80.8°F | 58.2°F | 4.36 in |
| September | 74.8°F | 48.9°F | 3.36 in | 74.0°F | 49.2°F | 3.96 in |
| October | 61.9°F | 36.5°F | 2.65 in | 60.6°F | 37.0°F | 3.00 in |
| November | 45.4°F | 24.1°F | 1.70 in | 44.7°F | 25.5°F | 2.10 in |
| December | 31.7°F | 13.3°F | 1.36 in | 31.4°F | 14.0°F | 1.57 in |
Cities that consider Lehigh their climate twin
These US cities have Lehigh in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Lehigh would feel familiar.
- Farmersburg, IA (ranks Lehigh #1)
- Monona, IA (ranks Lehigh #1)
- Kellogg, MN (ranks Lehigh #1)
- Alma, WI (ranks Lehigh #1)
- Caledonia, MN (ranks Lehigh #1)
- West Salem, WI (ranks Lehigh #1)
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 →