Climate twins of West Salem, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches West Salem'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 Salem vs its climate twin
Top match: Lehigh, IA
| Month | West Salem | Lehigh | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 23.6°F | 8.3°F | 1.12 in | 26.2°F | 6.9°F | 0.87 in |
| February | 28.7°F | 12.8°F | 1.13 in | 30.8°F | 10.9°F | 1.34 in |
| March | 41.1°F | 24.4°F | 1.93 in | 44.1°F | 23.3°F | 2.05 in |
| April | 55.4°F | 36.1°F | 4.02 in | 58.9°F | 33.9°F | 3.72 in |
| May | 67.2°F | 47.9°F | 4.91 in | 70.0°F | 46.7°F | 5.27 in |
| June | 76.0°F | 57.8°F | 5.29 in | 79.5°F | 57.2°F | 5.76 in |
| July | 79.5°F | 61.8°F | 4.26 in | 82.8°F | 60.8°F | 4.41 in |
| August | 78.1°F | 60.3°F | 4.47 in | 80.5°F | 58.0°F | 4.75 in |
| September | 70.8°F | 52.0°F | 4.00 in | 74.8°F | 48.9°F | 3.36 in |
| October | 57.6°F | 39.9°F | 2.91 in | 61.9°F | 36.5°F | 2.65 in |
| November | 41.7°F | 27.7°F | 1.94 in | 45.4°F | 24.1°F | 1.70 in |
| December | 29.2°F | 15.4°F | 1.49 in | 31.7°F | 13.3°F | 1.36 in |
Cities that consider West Salem their climate twin
These US cities have West Salem in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, West Salem would feel familiar.
- Swaledale, IA (ranks West Salem #1)
- Hanlontown, IA (ranks West Salem #2)
- Clear Lake, IA (ranks West Salem #2)
- Thornton, IA (ranks West Salem #2)
- Twin Lakes, MN (ranks West Salem #1)
- Manchester, MN (ranks West Salem #1)
- Myrtle, MN (ranks West Salem #1)
- Albert Lea, MN (ranks West Salem #1)
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 →