Climate twins of Star Prairie, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Star Prairie'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: Star Prairie vs its climate twin
Top match: Rothschild, WI
| Month | Star Prairie | Rothschild | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 21.5°F | 3.9°F | 1.07 in | 22.8°F | 6.7°F | 1.20 in |
| February | 26.9°F | 7.4°F | 1.14 in | 27.4°F | 9.5°F | 1.08 in |
| March | 39.5°F | 20.1°F | 1.73 in | 39.6°F | 20.6°F | 1.83 in |
| April | 53.9°F | 32.9°F | 3.04 in | 53.7°F | 32.4°F | 3.12 in |
| May | 67.1°F | 45.6°F | 3.86 in | 67.1°F | 44.6°F | 3.79 in |
| June | 76.4°F | 55.4°F | 4.80 in | 76.2°F | 54.5°F | 4.67 in |
| July | 80.7°F | 60.1°F | 4.62 in | 80.3°F | 58.7°F | 3.86 in |
| August | 78.7°F | 57.8°F | 4.16 in | 77.9°F | 56.9°F | 4.07 in |
| September | 70.7°F | 49.6°F | 3.68 in | 69.8°F | 48.6°F | 3.83 in |
| October | 56.4°F | 36.3°F | 3.06 in | 55.7°F | 37.0°F | 3.07 in |
| November | 40.2°F | 24.2°F | 1.88 in | 40.4°F | 25.2°F | 1.85 in |
| December | 26.9°F | 11.6°F | 1.50 in | 27.9°F | 13.5°F | 1.54 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 →