Climate twins of Viroqua, WI

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Viroqua'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: Viroqua vs its climate twin

Top match: West Concord, MN

Month Viroqua West Concord
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 22.9°F 6.1°F 1.16 in 22.6°F 3.5°F 1.02 in
February 27.6°F 9.5°F 1.14 in 27.4°F 6.1°F 1.12 in
March 40.4°F 21.3°F 1.99 in 40.2°F 19.7°F 2.09 in
April 54.3°F 33.1°F 3.98 in 55.0°F 31.5°F 3.62 in
May 66.0°F 44.8°F 4.72 in 67.6°F 43.8°F 4.31 in
June 75.3°F 55.3°F 5.70 in 77.9°F 54.5°F 5.27 in
July 79.1°F 59.0°F 4.58 in 81.2°F 58.1°F 4.63 in
August 77.4°F 57.1°F 4.58 in 79.1°F 55.3°F 4.80 in
September 70.2°F 48.3°F 3.94 in 72.0°F 46.8°F 3.47 in
October 56.9°F 36.4°F 2.65 in 58.2°F 33.5°F 2.44 in
November 41.2°F 24.4°F 1.98 in 41.9°F 22.8°F 1.90 in
December 28.4°F 13.1°F 1.58 in 28.3°F 11.1°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 →