Climate twins of Wakefield, NE
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Wakefield'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: Wakefield vs its climate twin
Top match: Fennimore, WI
| Month | Wakefield | Fennimore | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.7°F | 9.5°F | 0.74 in | 28.7°F | 10.2°F | 0.98 in |
| February | 36.9°F | 13.7°F | 0.95 in | 33.9°F | 13.6°F | 0.96 in |
| March | 49.8°F | 23.7°F | 1.67 in | 46.6°F | 25.4°F | 1.91 in |
| April | 62.8°F | 34.2°F | 3.33 in | 60.6°F | 35.8°F | 3.64 in |
| May | 73.3°F | 46.1°F | 4.12 in | 72.3°F | 46.8°F | 4.35 in |
| June | 83.0°F | 57.1°F | 5.03 in | 81.2°F | 56.9°F | 5.15 in |
| July | 86.3°F | 60.6°F | 3.13 in | 84.4°F | 61.2°F | 3.84 in |
| August | 84.1°F | 58.5°F | 3.72 in | 83.1°F | 59.3°F | 4.07 in |
| September | 78.3°F | 49.6°F | 3.01 in | 75.8°F | 50.6°F | 3.37 in |
| October | 65.1°F | 37.2°F | 2.50 in | 62.5°F | 38.3°F | 2.48 in |
| November | 48.2°F | 23.5°F | 1.40 in | 47.0°F | 27.7°F | 1.87 in |
| December | 35.1°F | 13.6°F | 1.09 in | 34.3°F | 17.0°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 →