Climate twins of Mapleton, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Mapleton'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: Mapleton vs its climate twin
Top match: Albion, IA
| Month | Mapleton | Albion | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 27.7°F | 8.9°F | 0.76 in | 27.7°F | 10.1°F | 0.77 in |
| February | 33.0°F | 12.7°F | 0.92 in | 32.4°F | 14.0°F | 0.51 in |
| March | 46.5°F | 24.0°F | 1.80 in | 45.9°F | 25.6°F | 1.64 in |
| April | 59.8°F | 34.7°F | 3.40 in | 60.0°F | 36.5°F | 3.69 in |
| May | 70.5°F | 47.4°F | 4.78 in | 71.2°F | 48.7°F | 4.88 in |
| June | 80.6°F | 58.3°F | 4.55 in | 80.6°F | 58.9°F | 5.32 in |
| July | 84.0°F | 62.2°F | 4.18 in | 83.1°F | 62.2°F | 3.67 in |
| August | 81.6°F | 59.0°F | 3.83 in | 81.0°F | 59.5°F | 3.88 in |
| September | 75.3°F | 49.8°F | 3.12 in | 75.1°F | 50.6°F | 3.20 in |
| October | 62.3°F | 37.0°F | 2.26 in | 61.8°F | 38.7°F | 2.45 in |
| November | 46.0°F | 24.2°F | 1.46 in | 46.1°F | 26.3°F | 1.74 in |
| December | 32.5°F | 14.3°F | 1.13 in | 33.0°F | 15.7°F | 1.01 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 →