Climate twins of Stoughton, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Stoughton'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: Stoughton vs its climate twin
Top match: Oakland Acres, IA
| Month | Stoughton | Oakland Acres | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 27.2°F | 9.7°F | 1.62 in | 28.3°F | 10.2°F | 1.10 in |
| February | 31.4°F | 12.5°F | 1.68 in | 33.0°F | 13.6°F | 1.55 in |
| March | 43.5°F | 23.4°F | 2.20 in | 46.1°F | 24.7°F | 2.22 in |
| April | 57.2°F | 34.4°F | 3.94 in | 59.4°F | 35.1°F | 3.90 in |
| May | 69.4°F | 46.0°F | 4.28 in | 69.9°F | 47.1°F | 5.09 in |
| June | 79.3°F | 56.8°F | 5.22 in | 79.5°F | 57.8°F | 5.53 in |
| July | 82.9°F | 60.9°F | 3.79 in | 83.3°F | 61.8°F | 3.96 in |
| August | 81.0°F | 58.7°F | 4.26 in | 81.2°F | 59.2°F | 4.37 in |
| September | 74.2°F | 50.0°F | 3.54 in | 75.2°F | 50.2°F | 3.71 in |
| October | 60.8°F | 38.6°F | 2.98 in | 62.3°F | 38.2°F | 3.21 in |
| November | 45.6°F | 26.8°F | 2.51 in | 46.8°F | 26.4°F | 1.95 in |
| December | 32.6°F | 16.2°F | 1.77 in | 34.0°F | 16.3°F | 1.60 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 →