Climate twins of Maquoketa, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Maquoketa'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: Maquoketa vs its climate twin
Top match: Union, IL
| Month | Maquoketa | Union | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 26.7°F | 11.4°F | 1.32 in | 29.2°F | 12.7°F | 1.67 in |
| February | 31.2°F | 15.1°F | 1.65 in | 33.2°F | 15.8°F | 1.64 in |
| March | 44.5°F | 26.4°F | 2.22 in | 44.9°F | 25.9°F | 2.08 in |
| April | 58.6°F | 37.0°F | 3.44 in | 58.6°F | 36.2°F | 3.81 in |
| May | 70.3°F | 49.3°F | 4.21 in | 70.2°F | 47.2°F | 4.57 in |
| June | 79.4°F | 59.8°F | 5.09 in | 79.9°F | 57.2°F | 4.62 in |
| July | 82.2°F | 62.9°F | 4.15 in | 83.5°F | 61.7°F | 4.05 in |
| August | 80.6°F | 60.6°F | 4.18 in | 81.8°F | 59.6°F | 4.22 in |
| September | 74.8°F | 51.6°F | 3.64 in | 75.4°F | 51.8°F | 3.68 in |
| October | 61.7°F | 39.8°F | 2.93 in | 62.4°F | 39.9°F | 2.98 in |
| November | 46.1°F | 28.3°F | 2.08 in | 46.9°F | 29.1°F | 2.35 in |
| December | 32.5°F | 18.0°F | 1.78 in | 34.5°F | 18.5°F | 1.94 in |
Cities that consider Maquoketa their climate twin
These US cities have Maquoketa in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Maquoketa would feel familiar.
- Nashotah, WI (ranks Maquoketa #1)
- Summit, WI (ranks Maquoketa #1)
- Delafield, WI (ranks Maquoketa #1)
- Lac La Belle, WI (ranks Maquoketa #1)
- Oconomowoc, WI (ranks Maquoketa #1)
- Oconomowoc Lake, WI (ranks Maquoketa #1)
- Chenequa, WI (ranks Maquoketa #1)
- McHenry, IL (ranks Maquoketa #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 →