Climate twins of Webster, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Webster'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: Webster vs its climate twin
Top match: Watkins, MN
| Month | Webster | Watkins | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 21.6°F | 2.2°F | 0.72 in | 19.8°F | 2.6°F | 0.76 in |
| February | 27.4°F | 6.5°F | 0.79 in | 24.7°F | 6.3°F | 0.86 in |
| March | 39.7°F | 19.0°F | 1.26 in | 37.2°F | 18.7°F | 1.72 in |
| April | 53.9°F | 31.4°F | 2.67 in | 53.2°F | 31.9°F | 2.79 in |
| May | 67.3°F | 43.6°F | 3.59 in | 66.1°F | 45.0°F | 4.07 in |
| June | 75.5°F | 52.8°F | 4.08 in | 75.6°F | 55.2°F | 4.33 in |
| July | 79.7°F | 58.3°F | 4.22 in | 79.3°F | 59.9°F | 4.12 in |
| August | 78.1°F | 56.0°F | 3.89 in | 77.5°F | 57.3°F | 3.94 in |
| September | 70.0°F | 48.3°F | 3.58 in | 70.7°F | 48.9°F | 3.12 in |
| October | 55.9°F | 35.9°F | 3.01 in | 56.0°F | 36.9°F | 2.74 in |
| November | 40.2°F | 23.8°F | 1.39 in | 39.3°F | 22.6°F | 1.35 in |
| December | 26.8°F | 10.8°F | 0.90 in | 25.3°F | 10.7°F | 1.00 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 →