Climate twins of West Milwaukee, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches West Milwaukee'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 Milwaukee vs its climate twin
Top match: South Whitley, IN
| Month | West Milwaukee | South Whitley | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.8°F | 14.7°F | 2.23 in | 31.7°F | 16.2°F | 2.54 in |
| February | 33.9°F | 17.1°F | 2.15 in | 35.4°F | 18.5°F | 1.95 in |
| March | 45.1°F | 26.6°F | 2.53 in | 46.4°F | 27.4°F | 2.62 in |
| April | 56.8°F | 36.5°F | 3.70 in | 59.4°F | 37.8°F | 3.81 in |
| May | 69.8°F | 47.6°F | 4.32 in | 70.4°F | 49.2°F | 4.34 in |
| June | 79.9°F | 58.1°F | 5.03 in | 79.3°F | 58.9°F | 4.62 in |
| July | 84.7°F | 63.1°F | 3.73 in | 82.5°F | 62.1°F | 3.86 in |
| August | 83.0°F | 61.9°F | 4.34 in | 80.7°F | 60.2°F | 4.07 in |
| September | 76.5°F | 54.3°F | 3.69 in | 75.2°F | 52.5°F | 3.00 in |
| October | 61.9°F | 42.0°F | 3.08 in | 62.7°F | 41.6°F | 2.85 in |
| November | 47.5°F | 30.2°F | 2.31 in | 48.6°F | 31.2°F | 2.98 in |
| December | 36.2°F | 20.6°F | 2.25 in | 36.7°F | 22.3°F | 2.43 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 →