Climate twins of Van Wert, OH
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Van Wert'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: Van Wert vs its climate twin
Top match: Rensselaer, IN
| Month | Van Wert | Rensselaer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 32.5°F | 18.2°F | 2.57 in | 32.0°F | 16.1°F | 2.58 in |
| February | 36.1°F | 20.5°F | 2.05 in | 36.5°F | 19.3°F | 2.04 in |
| March | 46.9°F | 28.9°F | 2.52 in | 48.1°F | 28.7°F | 2.71 in |
| April | 60.3°F | 39.3°F | 3.59 in | 61.1°F | 38.9°F | 3.88 in |
| May | 71.8°F | 51.4°F | 4.76 in | 72.3°F | 50.6°F | 4.34 in |
| June | 80.9°F | 61.1°F | 4.59 in | 81.4°F | 60.4°F | 4.78 in |
| July | 84.5°F | 64.4°F | 4.66 in | 83.9°F | 63.4°F | 4.49 in |
| August | 82.6°F | 62.3°F | 3.95 in | 82.5°F | 61.2°F | 4.01 in |
| September | 76.8°F | 54.7°F | 3.15 in | 77.2°F | 53.2°F | 3.24 in |
| October | 63.9°F | 43.4°F | 2.99 in | 64.1°F | 41.3°F | 3.18 in |
| November | 49.5°F | 33.0°F | 2.94 in | 49.1°F | 31.3°F | 2.59 in |
| December | 37.4°F | 24.1°F | 2.59 in | 37.0°F | 21.9°F | 2.25 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 →