Climate twins of Strum, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Strum'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: Strum vs its climate twin
Top match: Gilmore City, IA
| Month | Strum | Gilmore City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 27.0°F | 7.2°F | 1.09 in | 24.4°F | 8.5°F | 0.91 in |
| February | 32.4°F | 10.8°F | 1.13 in | 29.3°F | 12.4°F | 1.04 in |
| March | 45.4°F | 22.6°F | 2.05 in | 42.7°F | 24.6°F | 2.02 in |
| April | 60.4°F | 34.2°F | 3.39 in | 57.2°F | 35.6°F | 3.30 in |
| May | 72.5°F | 46.1°F | 4.29 in | 68.3°F | 48.6°F | 4.80 in |
| June | 81.0°F | 56.3°F | 5.25 in | 77.8°F | 59.3°F | 5.48 in |
| July | 84.9°F | 60.1°F | 4.12 in | 81.1°F | 63.1°F | 4.15 in |
| August | 82.4°F | 58.0°F | 4.89 in | 78.8°F | 60.2°F | 4.55 in |
| September | 74.7°F | 50.2°F | 3.85 in | 72.5°F | 51.2°F | 3.33 in |
| October | 61.2°F | 37.7°F | 2.45 in | 60.1°F | 39.1°F | 2.45 in |
| November | 44.7°F | 25.9°F | 1.98 in | 43.4°F | 26.1°F | 1.61 in |
| December | 31.7°F | 14.2°F | 1.39 in | 29.8°F | 14.8°F | 1.32 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 →