Climate twins of Wyoming, IA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Wyoming'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: Wyoming vs its climate twin
Top match: Monroe Center, IL
| Month | Wyoming | Monroe Center | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 29.1°F | 11.6°F | 1.58 in | 29.1°F | 14.5°F | 1.60 in |
| February | 34.2°F | 15.2°F | 1.80 in | 33.4°F | 17.8°F | 1.63 in |
| March | 47.6°F | 26.6°F | 2.80 in | 46.5°F | 28.1°F | 2.40 in |
| April | 61.6°F | 37.2°F | 4.10 in | 59.7°F | 38.5°F | 3.75 in |
| May | 73.2°F | 49.6°F | 4.48 in | 71.2°F | 49.5°F | 4.18 in |
| June | 82.0°F | 59.9°F | 5.08 in | 80.7°F | 59.6°F | 5.23 in |
| July | 85.2°F | 62.1°F | 4.55 in | 83.9°F | 63.6°F | 3.81 in |
| August | 83.2°F | 59.8°F | 4.14 in | 82.0°F | 61.8°F | 4.19 in |
| September | 77.0°F | 50.9°F | 3.55 in | 75.3°F | 53.5°F | 3.62 in |
| October | 64.0°F | 38.9°F | 3.16 in | 62.3°F | 41.8°F | 2.63 in |
| November | 48.2°F | 27.4°F | 2.31 in | 47.1°F | 30.5°F | 2.27 in |
| December | 34.3°F | 17.8°F | 2.04 in | 34.3°F | 20.2°F | 1.93 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 →