Climate twins of Waukee, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Waukee'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: Waukee vs its climate twin
Top match: North Liberty, IA
| Month | Waukee | North Liberty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.9°F | 13.8°F | 1.08 in | 30.9°F | 14.6°F | 1.04 in |
| February | 35.7°F | 18.0°F | 1.34 in | 35.5°F | 18.5°F | 1.21 in |
| March | 49.2°F | 29.6°F | 2.17 in | 49.5°F | 29.5°F | 2.21 in |
| April | 62.0°F | 40.6°F | 4.02 in | 62.6°F | 40.1°F | 3.76 in |
| May | 72.4°F | 52.3°F | 5.24 in | 73.4°F | 51.7°F | 4.48 in |
| June | 81.9°F | 62.4°F | 5.26 in | 82.6°F | 62.1°F | 5.29 in |
| July | 85.6°F | 66.4°F | 3.82 in | 85.8°F | 65.8°F | 3.91 in |
| August | 83.6°F | 64.2°F | 4.17 in | 83.8°F | 63.3°F | 3.94 in |
| September | 76.9°F | 55.4°F | 3.18 in | 77.5°F | 54.2°F | 3.24 in |
| October | 63.4°F | 42.9°F | 2.78 in | 64.1°F | 42.1°F | 2.98 in |
| November | 48.3°F | 30.2°F | 1.91 in | 49.2°F | 30.4°F | 2.17 in |
| December | 35.9°F | 19.5°F | 1.58 in | 36.3°F | 20.1°F | 1.45 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 →