Climate twins of Swayzee, IN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Swayzee'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: Swayzee vs its climate twin
Top match: Kirby, OH
| Month | Swayzee | Kirby | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 33.0°F | 17.7°F | 2.85 in | 33.3°F | 17.1°F | 2.21 in |
| February | 37.0°F | 19.5°F | 2.15 in | 36.5°F | 19.1°F | 2.01 in |
| March | 48.1°F | 28.0°F | 2.87 in | 47.2°F | 27.1°F | 2.59 in |
| April | 61.2°F | 38.0°F | 4.10 in | 60.8°F | 37.4°F | 4.15 in |
| May | 72.0°F | 49.2°F | 4.76 in | 71.7°F | 48.8°F | 4.50 in |
| June | 80.8°F | 59.2°F | 4.42 in | 80.6°F | 58.7°F | 4.60 in |
| July | 83.8°F | 62.5°F | 4.33 in | 84.1°F | 61.6°F | 4.38 in |
| August | 82.0°F | 60.5°F | 3.93 in | 82.4°F | 59.6°F | 3.91 in |
| September | 76.6°F | 53.3°F | 3.39 in | 77.0°F | 52.4°F | 3.34 in |
| October | 64.2°F | 41.9°F | 3.12 in | 64.2°F | 41.1°F | 2.84 in |
| November | 49.7°F | 31.7°F | 3.26 in | 50.6°F | 30.7°F | 3.03 in |
| December | 38.0°F | 23.0°F | 2.58 in | 38.3°F | 23.0°F | 2.61 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 →