Climate twins of Rothschild, WI

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Rothschild'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: Rothschild vs its climate twin

Top match: Clear Lake, WI

Month Rothschild Clear Lake
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 22.8°F 6.7°F 1.20 in 21.5°F 3.9°F 1.07 in
February 27.4°F 9.5°F 1.08 in 26.9°F 7.4°F 1.14 in
March 39.6°F 20.6°F 1.83 in 39.5°F 20.1°F 1.73 in
April 53.7°F 32.4°F 3.12 in 53.9°F 32.9°F 3.04 in
May 67.1°F 44.6°F 3.79 in 67.1°F 45.6°F 3.86 in
June 76.2°F 54.5°F 4.67 in 76.4°F 55.4°F 4.80 in
July 80.3°F 58.7°F 3.86 in 80.7°F 60.1°F 4.62 in
August 77.9°F 56.9°F 4.07 in 78.7°F 57.8°F 4.16 in
September 69.8°F 48.6°F 3.83 in 70.7°F 49.6°F 3.68 in
October 55.7°F 37.0°F 3.07 in 56.4°F 36.3°F 3.06 in
November 40.4°F 25.2°F 1.85 in 40.2°F 24.2°F 1.88 in
December 27.9°F 13.5°F 1.54 in 26.9°F 11.6°F 1.50 in

Cities that consider Rothschild their climate twin

These US cities have Rothschild in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Rothschild would feel familiar.

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 →