Climate twins of Plum City, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Plum City'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: Plum City vs its climate twin
Top match: New Lisbon, WI
| Month | Plum City | New Lisbon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 24.6°F | 4.5°F | 1.13 in | 26.3°F | 8.0°F | 1.34 in |
| February | 29.3°F | 7.6°F | 1.17 in | 31.1°F | 11.4°F | 1.25 in |
| March | 42.0°F | 21.3°F | 2.06 in | 43.1°F | 23.2°F | 2.01 in |
| April | 56.0°F | 33.8°F | 3.31 in | 56.2°F | 34.6°F | 3.73 in |
| May | 68.3°F | 46.6°F | 4.22 in | 68.5°F | 46.6°F | 4.51 in |
| June | 78.1°F | 56.5°F | 5.11 in | 77.4°F | 56.1°F | 5.11 in |
| July | 82.4°F | 60.7°F | 3.91 in | 81.5°F | 60.3°F | 3.83 in |
| August | 80.2°F | 59.1°F | 4.51 in | 79.8°F | 57.9°F | 4.47 in |
| September | 73.0°F | 50.4°F | 3.76 in | 72.4°F | 49.7°F | 3.75 in |
| October | 59.2°F | 38.2°F | 2.72 in | 59.6°F | 37.8°F | 2.69 in |
| November | 42.6°F | 25.2°F | 1.81 in | 44.5°F | 27.0°F | 2.01 in |
| December | 30.0°F | 13.1°F | 1.48 in | 31.6°F | 15.3°F | 1.63 in |
Cities that consider Plum City their climate twin
These US cities have Plum City in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Plum City would feel familiar.
- New Lisbon, WI (ranks Plum City #1)
- Mauston, WI (ranks Plum City #1)
- Lake Crystal, MN (ranks Plum City #1)
- Oxford, WI (ranks Plum City #2)
- Westfield, WI (ranks Plum City #2)
- Endeavor, WI (ranks Plum City #2)
- Montello, WI (ranks Plum City #2)
- Darlington, WI (ranks Plum City #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 →