Climate twins of Plainfield, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Plainfield'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: Plainfield vs its climate twin
Top match: Stewartville, MN
| Month | Plainfield | Stewartville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 24.9°F | 6.9°F | 1.14 in | 22.5°F | 7.0°F | 0.99 in |
| February | 29.6°F | 9.7°F | 0.97 in | 26.7°F | 10.7°F | 1.02 in |
| March | 41.3°F | 21.2°F | 1.86 in | 39.9°F | 23.4°F | 2.02 in |
| April | 55.1°F | 32.9°F | 3.57 in | 55.3°F | 35.1°F | 3.52 in |
| May | 68.1°F | 45.2°F | 4.19 in | 68.0°F | 47.1°F | 4.35 in |
| June | 77.4°F | 55.2°F | 4.95 in | 77.6°F | 57.5°F | 5.35 in |
| July | 81.5°F | 58.8°F | 4.15 in | 80.3°F | 60.8°F | 4.19 in |
| August | 79.3°F | 57.3°F | 4.02 in | 78.0°F | 58.3°F | 4.12 in |
| September | 71.6°F | 49.3°F | 3.31 in | 71.8°F | 50.4°F | 3.60 in |
| October | 58.1°F | 37.4°F | 2.71 in | 57.9°F | 38.0°F | 2.43 in |
| November | 42.6°F | 25.6°F | 1.98 in | 41.7°F | 25.6°F | 1.80 in |
| December | 29.9°F | 13.8°F | 1.42 in | 28.0°F | 13.6°F | 1.28 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 →