Climate twins of Lenox, IA

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Lenox'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: Lenox vs its climate twin

Top match: Washington, IA

Month Lenox Washington
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 31.4°F 12.0°F 0.84 in 30.2°F 11.5°F 1.25 in
February 36.6°F 15.7°F 1.20 in 35.0°F 15.3°F 1.56 in
March 49.2°F 26.5°F 2.08 in 48.3°F 26.5°F 2.32 in
April 61.4°F 36.5°F 3.44 in 62.0°F 37.5°F 3.65 in
May 71.3°F 48.9°F 5.15 in 72.2°F 49.7°F 5.11 in
June 80.8°F 59.2°F 5.16 in 81.4°F 59.8°F 5.17 in
July 84.8°F 63.6°F 4.00 in 85.0°F 63.1°F 4.13 in
August 83.3°F 61.2°F 3.82 in 83.3°F 60.7°F 4.18 in
September 76.4°F 52.3°F 3.50 in 77.3°F 51.4°F 3.60 in
October 64.0°F 40.0°F 2.80 in 64.2°F 39.9°F 3.03 in
November 48.8°F 27.4°F 1.86 in 48.7°F 27.7°F 2.23 in
December 36.4°F 17.5°F 1.43 in 35.6°F 17.9°F 1.71 in

Cities that consider Lenox their climate twin

These US cities have Lenox in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Lenox would feel familiar.

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 →