Climate twins of Macedonia, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Macedonia'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: Macedonia vs its climate twin
Top match: Hayesville, IA
| Month | Macedonia | Hayesville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.1°F | 11.8°F | 0.85 in | 29.8°F | 11.5°F | 1.18 in |
| February | 35.0°F | 15.6°F | 1.07 in | 34.6°F | 15.1°F | 1.47 in |
| March | 48.8°F | 26.7°F | 1.99 in | 47.6°F | 26.3°F | 2.34 in |
| April | 61.5°F | 37.2°F | 3.90 in | 60.7°F | 37.2°F | 3.70 in |
| May | 71.9°F | 49.9°F | 5.42 in | 71.0°F | 49.1°F | 4.95 in |
| June | 81.5°F | 60.5°F | 5.28 in | 80.6°F | 59.1°F | 5.11 in |
| July | 84.7°F | 64.0°F | 3.58 in | 84.6°F | 62.7°F | 3.93 in |
| August | 83.0°F | 61.9°F | 4.87 in | 82.8°F | 60.4°F | 4.76 in |
| September | 76.7°F | 52.8°F | 3.62 in | 76.4°F | 51.7°F | 3.47 in |
| October | 64.0°F | 40.5°F | 2.97 in | 63.4°F | 39.8°F | 2.78 in |
| November | 48.0°F | 27.7°F | 1.57 in | 48.2°F | 27.7°F | 2.18 in |
| December | 34.8°F | 17.4°F | 1.31 in | 35.3°F | 17.7°F | 1.54 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 →