Climate twins of Nodaway, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Nodaway'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: Nodaway vs its climate twin
Top match: Bussey, IA
| Month | Nodaway | Bussey | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.4°F | 12.0°F | 0.84 in | 31.3°F | 13.2°F | 1.12 in |
| February | 36.6°F | 15.7°F | 1.20 in | 35.9°F | 16.8°F | 1.49 in |
| March | 49.2°F | 26.5°F | 2.08 in | 48.7°F | 28.0°F | 2.02 in |
| April | 61.4°F | 36.5°F | 3.44 in | 61.4°F | 38.8°F | 3.77 in |
| May | 71.3°F | 48.9°F | 5.15 in | 70.9°F | 50.5°F | 4.86 in |
| June | 80.8°F | 59.2°F | 5.16 in | 80.2°F | 60.6°F | 5.18 in |
| July | 84.8°F | 63.6°F | 4.00 in | 84.4°F | 64.6°F | 4.02 in |
| August | 83.3°F | 61.2°F | 3.82 in | 82.8°F | 62.4°F | 4.04 in |
| September | 76.4°F | 52.3°F | 3.50 in | 76.0°F | 53.5°F | 3.57 in |
| October | 64.0°F | 40.0°F | 2.80 in | 63.4°F | 41.8°F | 2.80 in |
| November | 48.8°F | 27.4°F | 1.86 in | 49.0°F | 29.5°F | 2.14 in |
| December | 36.4°F | 17.5°F | 1.43 in | 36.5°F | 19.3°F | 1.47 in |
Cities that consider Nodaway their climate twin
These US cities have Nodaway in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Nodaway would feel familiar.
- Centerville, IA (ranks Nodaway #2)
- Exline, IA (ranks Nodaway #2)
- Moulton, IA (ranks Nodaway #1)
- Udell, IA (ranks Nodaway #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 →