Climate twins of Northwood, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Northwood'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: Northwood vs its climate twin
Top match: Wyeville, WI
| Month | Northwood | Wyeville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 21.3°F | 3.8°F | 1.07 in | 24.2°F | 5.4°F | 1.14 in |
| February | 25.7°F | 8.0°F | 1.02 in | 29.1°F | 8.1°F | 1.03 in |
| March | 38.4°F | 20.6°F | 1.99 in | 41.1°F | 19.8°F | 1.89 in |
| April | 54.0°F | 32.6°F | 3.82 in | 54.9°F | 32.0°F | 3.55 in |
| May | 66.3°F | 44.9°F | 4.78 in | 67.6°F | 44.3°F | 4.28 in |
| June | 76.0°F | 55.9°F | 5.13 in | 77.0°F | 54.4°F | 5.24 in |
| July | 78.6°F | 59.4°F | 4.73 in | 81.1°F | 58.0°F | 4.22 in |
| August | 76.4°F | 56.6°F | 3.92 in | 79.1°F | 55.8°F | 4.34 in |
| September | 70.8°F | 47.9°F | 3.32 in | 71.3°F | 47.3°F | 3.35 in |
| October | 57.1°F | 35.1°F | 2.68 in | 57.9°F | 36.1°F | 2.78 in |
| November | 40.8°F | 22.6°F | 1.73 in | 42.6°F | 24.5°F | 1.91 in |
| December | 27.4°F | 11.4°F | 1.28 in | 29.7°F | 12.8°F | 1.51 in |
Cities that consider Northwood their climate twin
These US cities have Northwood in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Northwood would feel familiar.
- Viroqua, WI (ranks Northwood #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 →