Climate twins of Linden, WI

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

Top match: Lime Springs, IA

Month Linden Lime Springs
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 26.0°F 8.9°F 1.45 in 24.2°F 5.7°F 1.12 in
February 30.6°F 12.1°F 1.52 in 28.8°F 8.5°F 1.17 in
March 42.8°F 23.0°F 2.30 in 41.9°F 21.0°F 1.89 in
April 56.5°F 33.9°F 3.88 in 57.1°F 32.9°F 3.74 in
May 68.3°F 45.5°F 4.61 in 69.4°F 45.3°F 4.47 in
June 77.7°F 55.9°F 5.73 in 79.3°F 56.3°F 6.26 in
July 81.4°F 60.1°F 4.71 in 82.8°F 60.0°F 4.83 in
August 79.6°F 58.2°F 4.39 in 80.8°F 57.1°F 4.59 in
September 72.4°F 49.4°F 3.66 in 73.9°F 48.4°F 3.76 in
October 59.3°F 37.6°F 3.08 in 60.1°F 35.7°F 2.87 in
November 43.9°F 26.0°F 2.47 in 43.6°F 24.1°F 1.88 in
December 31.1°F 15.6°F 1.83 in 30.1°F 13.0°F 1.42 in

Cities that consider Linden their climate twin

These US cities have Linden in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Linden 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 →