Climate twins of University Park, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches University Park'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: University Park vs its climate twin
Top match: Eldridge, IA
| Month | University Park | Eldridge | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.7°F | 12.2°F | 1.75 in | 29.8°F | 13.1°F | 1.37 in |
| February | 35.9°F | 15.9°F | 1.74 in | 34.6°F | 17.2°F | 1.64 in |
| March | 49.3°F | 27.3°F | 2.15 in | 47.6°F | 28.1°F | 2.47 in |
| April | 62.2°F | 38.1°F | 3.92 in | 61.0°F | 39.1°F | 3.83 in |
| May | 72.2°F | 50.8°F | 4.71 in | 72.2°F | 50.9°F | 4.94 in |
| June | 81.5°F | 60.8°F | 5.18 in | 81.1°F | 61.0°F | 5.01 in |
| July | 85.5°F | 64.8°F | 4.40 in | 83.8°F | 64.2°F | 4.09 in |
| August | 83.8°F | 62.0°F | 5.08 in | 82.0°F | 61.9°F | 4.05 in |
| September | 77.4°F | 53.0°F | 3.56 in | 76.2°F | 53.8°F | 3.59 in |
| October | 64.5°F | 41.2°F | 2.68 in | 63.5°F | 41.8°F | 2.76 in |
| November | 49.3°F | 28.5°F | 2.20 in | 48.2°F | 30.0°F | 2.32 in |
| December | 36.2°F | 18.2°F | 1.35 in | 34.7°F | 19.1°F | 1.86 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 →