Climate twins of Waterford, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Waterford'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: Waterford vs its climate twin
Top match: Shullsburg, WI
| Month | Waterford | Shullsburg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 28.8°F | 11.6°F | 1.73 in | 27.3°F | 8.4°F | 1.31 in |
| February | 32.2°F | 14.1°F | 1.70 in | 31.8°F | 11.5°F | 1.43 in |
| March | 43.2°F | 24.2°F | 2.15 in | 44.3°F | 22.9°F | 2.02 in |
| April | 55.9°F | 34.5°F | 3.76 in | 57.7°F | 34.7°F | 3.89 in |
| May | 68.1°F | 44.9°F | 3.99 in | 69.4°F | 46.1°F | 4.18 in |
| June | 78.2°F | 55.1°F | 4.66 in | 78.9°F | 56.7°F | 5.29 in |
| July | 82.0°F | 59.5°F | 3.75 in | 82.2°F | 59.7°F | 4.22 in |
| August | 80.5°F | 58.0°F | 3.77 in | 80.5°F | 57.5°F | 4.36 in |
| September | 73.6°F | 50.0°F | 3.62 in | 73.8°F | 48.4°F | 4.10 in |
| October | 60.9°F | 38.7°F | 2.95 in | 60.9°F | 37.2°F | 2.80 in |
| November | 45.9°F | 28.0°F | 2.38 in | 45.5°F | 25.8°F | 2.35 in |
| December | 34.1°F | 18.2°F | 1.93 in | 32.6°F | 15.0°F | 1.69 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 →