Climate twins of Sharpsburg, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Sharpsburg'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: Sharpsburg vs its climate twin
Top match: Stockton, IA
| Month | Sharpsburg | Stockton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.9°F | 12.4°F | 1.08 in | 30.7°F | 13.9°F | 1.43 in |
| February | 37.1°F | 16.3°F | 1.49 in | 35.0°F | 18.0°F | 1.63 in |
| March | 49.9°F | 27.6°F | 2.42 in | 47.6°F | 28.3°F | 2.44 in |
| April | 62.0°F | 38.2°F | 3.60 in | 61.0°F | 39.4°F | 3.56 in |
| May | 72.0°F | 50.5°F | 5.27 in | 71.7°F | 50.6°F | 4.90 in |
| June | 81.6°F | 61.1°F | 5.54 in | 80.7°F | 60.5°F | 5.37 in |
| July | 85.6°F | 65.4°F | 4.64 in | 84.1°F | 64.4°F | 4.40 in |
| August | 84.0°F | 63.1°F | 4.32 in | 82.5°F | 61.9°F | 4.01 in |
| September | 77.1°F | 53.7°F | 3.38 in | 76.5°F | 54.3°F | 3.45 in |
| October | 64.7°F | 40.9°F | 2.97 in | 63.8°F | 42.6°F | 2.94 in |
| November | 49.4°F | 28.5°F | 2.13 in | 48.7°F | 30.6°F | 2.21 in |
| December | 36.8°F | 18.4°F | 1.59 in | 35.9°F | 20.1°F | 1.99 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 →