Climate twins of Marshfield, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Marshfield'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: Marshfield vs its climate twin
Top match: Castlewood, SD
| Month | Marshfield | Castlewood | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 22.7°F | 6.8°F | 0.73 in | 21.5°F | 2.5°F | 0.52 in |
| February | 27.1°F | 9.8°F | 0.51 in | 26.2°F | 5.9°F | 0.58 in |
| March | 39.4°F | 21.5°F | 1.25 in | 38.7°F | 17.8°F | 1.12 in |
| April | 53.9°F | 33.4°F | 2.24 in | 54.1°F | 29.6°F | 2.13 in |
| May | 67.0°F | 45.0°F | 2.98 in | 67.3°F | 43.6°F | 3.18 in |
| June | 75.5°F | 54.9°F | 3.83 in | 77.5°F | 54.2°F | 3.97 in |
| July | 79.6°F | 58.4°F | 3.04 in | 82.5°F | 58.5°F | 3.49 in |
| August | 77.8°F | 56.7°F | 3.20 in | 80.5°F | 56.1°F | 3.08 in |
| September | 70.0°F | 48.7°F | 3.03 in | 72.4°F | 47.3°F | 2.69 in |
| October | 56.1°F | 36.9°F | 2.02 in | 57.8°F | 33.7°F | 2.28 in |
| November | 40.8°F | 25.3°F | 1.21 in | 41.0°F | 20.7°F | 0.76 in |
| December | 27.8°F | 13.5°F | 0.90 in | 26.9°F | 8.7°F | 0.53 in |
Cities that consider Marshfield their climate twin
These US cities have Marshfield in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Marshfield would feel familiar.
- Aurora, SD (ranks Marshfield #2)
- Brookings, SD (ranks Marshfield #2)
- Bruce, SD (ranks Marshfield #3)
- Bushnell, SD (ranks Marshfield #2)
- Volga, SD (ranks Marshfield #3)
- Milbank, SD (ranks Marshfield #3)
- Stockholm, SD (ranks Marshfield #2)
- Strandburg, SD (ranks Marshfield #2)
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 →