Climate twins of Phillips, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Phillips'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: Phillips vs its climate twin
Top match: Pine City, MN
| Month | Phillips | Pine City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 21.2°F | 0.5°F | 0.97 in | 19.4°F | -0.9°F | 0.95 in |
| February | 26.7°F | 2.6°F | 1.02 in | 25.3°F | 3.3°F | 0.90 in |
| March | 38.7°F | 14.7°F | 1.65 in | 37.5°F | 15.7°F | 1.64 in |
| April | 52.0°F | 29.1°F | 2.70 in | 52.2°F | 28.4°F | 2.77 in |
| May | 65.9°F | 40.9°F | 3.89 in | 65.4°F | 39.9°F | 3.81 in |
| June | 75.0°F | 50.7°F | 4.05 in | 74.6°F | 50.3°F | 4.64 in |
| July | 78.7°F | 54.3°F | 3.55 in | 79.4°F | 54.9°F | 4.07 in |
| August | 77.2°F | 52.0°F | 3.86 in | 77.3°F | 52.4°F | 4.26 in |
| September | 68.9°F | 44.7°F | 3.93 in | 69.4°F | 44.0°F | 3.61 in |
| October | 54.9°F | 33.2°F | 3.50 in | 54.6°F | 32.1°F | 3.45 in |
| November | 39.0°F | 21.4°F | 1.75 in | 38.7°F | 20.9°F | 1.61 in |
| December | 26.2°F | 8.7°F | 1.50 in | 25.6°F | 8.5°F | 1.30 in |
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 →