Climate twins of Maurice, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Maurice'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: Maurice vs its climate twin
Top match: Mapleton, MN
| Month | Maurice | Mapleton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 27.4°F | 9.4°F | 0.67 in | 25.5°F | 8.3°F | 0.83 in |
| February | 32.9°F | 13.9°F | 0.88 in | 30.2°F | 12.2°F | 0.87 in |
| March | 46.3°F | 25.2°F | 1.72 in | 42.8°F | 24.3°F | 1.67 in |
| April | 61.2°F | 36.1°F | 2.98 in | 59.4°F | 36.3°F | 3.30 in |
| May | 73.2°F | 48.4°F | 4.15 in | 72.5°F | 48.7°F | 4.27 in |
| June | 82.4°F | 58.9°F | 4.51 in | 81.7°F | 59.5°F | 5.26 in |
| July | 84.8°F | 61.8°F | 3.45 in | 84.1°F | 62.6°F | 4.15 in |
| August | 82.3°F | 59.5°F | 3.40 in | 81.6°F | 59.8°F | 3.93 in |
| September | 77.1°F | 51.2°F | 3.21 in | 75.9°F | 51.6°F | 3.34 in |
| October | 63.6°F | 38.6°F | 2.46 in | 61.5°F | 39.2°F | 2.56 in |
| November | 45.8°F | 25.4°F | 1.43 in | 44.2°F | 26.4°F | 1.47 in |
| December | 31.5°F | 14.5°F | 0.99 in | 30.4°F | 14.3°F | 1.12 in |
Cities that consider Maurice their climate twin
These US cities have Maurice in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Maurice would feel familiar.
- Verdel, NE (ranks Maurice #3)
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 →