Climate twins of West Bend, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches West Bend'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: West Bend vs its climate twin
Top match: Oakdale, WI
| Month | West Bend | Oakdale | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 26.7°F | 10.7°F | 1.85 in | 25.1°F | 7.6°F | 1.30 in |
| February | 31.0°F | 13.6°F | 1.67 in | 29.9°F | 10.9°F | 1.31 in |
| March | 41.7°F | 23.3°F | 1.98 in | 42.2°F | 22.9°F | 2.06 in |
| April | 54.5°F | 33.5°F | 3.86 in | 56.0°F | 35.2°F | 3.41 in |
| May | 66.9°F | 44.9°F | 3.90 in | 68.5°F | 47.2°F | 4.02 in |
| June | 76.8°F | 55.4°F | 4.40 in | 76.8°F | 56.6°F | 4.43 in |
| July | 81.6°F | 60.2°F | 3.96 in | 80.9°F | 60.0°F | 3.91 in |
| August | 79.0°F | 59.1°F | 4.05 in | 78.5°F | 57.7°F | 4.46 in |
| September | 72.2°F | 51.3°F | 3.21 in | 71.2°F | 49.1°F | 3.39 in |
| October | 58.8°F | 39.6°F | 2.93 in | 58.0°F | 38.0°F | 2.67 in |
| November | 44.1°F | 28.5°F | 2.06 in | 42.9°F | 26.4°F | 1.85 in |
| December | 32.9°F | 17.7°F | 1.97 in | 30.2°F | 14.9°F | 1.65 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 →