Climate twins of Rockland, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rockland'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: Rockland vs its climate twin
Top match: Mapleview, MN
| Month | Rockland | Mapleview | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 24.5°F | 5.6°F | 1.14 in | 21.9°F | 5.4°F | 1.12 in |
| February | 29.5°F | 9.3°F | 1.10 in | 26.4°F | 9.1°F | 1.10 in |
| March | 41.8°F | 21.1°F | 1.77 in | 39.2°F | 22.7°F | 2.03 in |
| April | 55.7°F | 32.7°F | 3.66 in | 54.9°F | 35.2°F | 3.67 in |
| May | 68.4°F | 44.9°F | 4.64 in | 67.5°F | 47.5°F | 4.99 in |
| June | 78.2°F | 55.5°F | 5.31 in | 77.6°F | 58.2°F | 5.07 in |
| July | 82.2°F | 59.3°F | 4.07 in | 80.8°F | 61.2°F | 4.85 in |
| August | 80.1°F | 56.9°F | 4.30 in | 78.7°F | 58.7°F | 4.07 in |
| September | 72.3°F | 48.1°F | 3.73 in | 72.2°F | 50.0°F | 3.60 in |
| October | 58.5°F | 35.5°F | 2.58 in | 58.3°F | 37.5°F | 2.63 in |
| November | 42.8°F | 24.4°F | 2.00 in | 41.5°F | 24.7°F | 1.84 in |
| December | 30.0°F | 13.0°F | 1.29 in | 27.9°F | 13.0°F | 1.25 in |
Cities that consider Rockland their climate twin
These US cities have Rockland in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Rockland would feel familiar.
- Blooming Prairie, MN (ranks Rockland #2)
- Austin, MN (ranks Rockland #2)
- Mapleview, MN (ranks Rockland #2)
- Kenyon, MN (ranks Rockland #3)
- Dennison, MN (ranks Rockland #2)
- Nerstrand, MN (ranks Rockland #2)
- Thompson, IA (ranks Rockland #2)
- Leland, IA (ranks Rockland #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 →