Climate twins of Stockton, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Stockton'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: Stockton vs its climate twin
Top match: Lovilia, IA
| Month | Stockton | Lovilia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.7°F | 13.9°F | 1.43 in | 31.3°F | 13.2°F | 1.12 in |
| February | 35.0°F | 18.0°F | 1.63 in | 35.9°F | 16.8°F | 1.49 in |
| March | 47.6°F | 28.3°F | 2.44 in | 48.7°F | 28.0°F | 2.02 in |
| April | 61.0°F | 39.4°F | 3.56 in | 61.4°F | 38.8°F | 3.77 in |
| May | 71.7°F | 50.6°F | 4.90 in | 70.9°F | 50.5°F | 4.86 in |
| June | 80.7°F | 60.5°F | 5.37 in | 80.2°F | 60.6°F | 5.18 in |
| July | 84.1°F | 64.4°F | 4.40 in | 84.4°F | 64.6°F | 4.02 in |
| August | 82.5°F | 61.9°F | 4.01 in | 82.8°F | 62.4°F | 4.04 in |
| September | 76.5°F | 54.3°F | 3.45 in | 76.0°F | 53.5°F | 3.57 in |
| October | 63.8°F | 42.6°F | 2.94 in | 63.4°F | 41.8°F | 2.80 in |
| November | 48.7°F | 30.6°F | 2.21 in | 49.0°F | 29.5°F | 2.14 in |
| December | 35.9°F | 20.1°F | 1.99 in | 36.5°F | 19.3°F | 1.47 in |
Cities that consider Stockton their climate twin
These US cities have Stockton in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Stockton would feel familiar.
- Conway, IA (ranks Stockton #1)
- Sharpsburg, IA (ranks Stockton #1)
- Knoxville, IA (ranks Stockton #2)
- Melcher-Dallas, IA (ranks Stockton #1)
- Pleasantville, IA (ranks Stockton #1)
- Monroe, IA (ranks Stockton #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 →